Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arrests marred the parish youth elections in Kabale district. The Electoral Commission on Wednesday started conducting polls for parish/ward youth committees in 10,027 parishes across the country. In Kabale, the polls were characterized by arrests, bribery allegations and intimidation. Some of the youths who …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana chief magistrate Kule Moses has allowed the directorate of public prosecution (DPP) to take over the torture case which Mityana MP Francis Zaake filed against six police officers in a private prosecution. The magistrate in his ruling stated that the constitution allows the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A quarter of a century since their services were terminated, over 3,500 former employees of Nyanza Textile Industries Limited-NYTIL are still pleading to be paid the packages due to them. The desperate ex-workers, now 25 years older, were discontinued from NYTIL when the Jinja …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Brian Ogentho, suspected of killing his girlfriend inside Nsambya police barracks has been arrested from his hideout in Masindi district. The suspect is a turn boy and mechanic attached to police fleet unit. Ogentho allegedly killed his girlfriend identified as Racheal Akello, in the …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Be careful what you ask for, the saying goes, for you might get it. That is what has caused anguish to authorities of Mukono municipality who lobbied and pushed for the elevation of their health centre IV to a hospital. To their dismay when …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Top executives at Uganda Manufacturers Association are yet to decide on the fate of this year’s Uganda International Trade Fair as the government of Uganda continues to discourage social gatherings that might fuel the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. In a telephone interview with The Independent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is reviewing the teacher education curricula to address gaps in methods, techniques, and approaches of teaching which were exposed by the COVID-19 unprecedented lockdown. The review comes amidst the continued closure of schools that has left more than …
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Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Samuel Otaala, the National Resistance Movement-NRM aspirant for Serere County MP is nursing injuries after he was beaten by supporters of his rival, Patrick Okabe, the incumbent MP. The incident happened on Tuesday night around 8:30 pm near Otaala’s residence in Ojama trading center …
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Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sarick Construction Limited, a company contracted to upgrade Bushenyi Technical College is on the spot over slow works. The firm was contracted to upgrade the college at 7.6 Billion Shillings under the Uganda Skills Development Project (USDP) with support from the World Bank. The …
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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tooro kingdom administration is organizing a series of sensitization meetings for the community about the kingdom properties that are in the process of being returned by the central government. King Oyo on Monday led a delegation that met government officials led by Prime …
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