Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court has issued a production warrant to Kigo prisons to present Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya to answer fresh charges of inciting violence. The October 13th, 2021 summons signed by Doreen Olga Karungi, the Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pader district council has approved the giveaway of Agora ranch land measuring 500 acres to Uganda Investment Authority-UIA, for the construction of an industrial park that will be named after the late Deputy Inspector General of Police-DiGP, Lt. Gen Paul Lokech. The district LC V …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A police truck has knocked dead a woman at Kalerwe along the Northern bypass in Kawempe division. The deceased is 24-year-old Penelope Kyomuhendo. According to eyewitnesses, the police truck that was speeding towards Kalerwe knocked Kyomuhendo at around 7:20 am and sped off. Wamadi Okanya, …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seventeen year old Peace Nabirye, a resident of Nawangoma B village in Northern division of Jinja city is reported to have committed suicide by strangulation on Wednesday after her parents disapproved the relationship she was engaged in with her brother in law. She strangled herself …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU has impounded four trucks that were allegedly ferrying immature fish. The trucks destined for the Democratic Republic of Congo were impounded in Kasese and driven to the Fisheries Directorate head office in Entebbe pending further investigations. Warrant …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | World Bank Group President David Malpass said on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing up poverty and debt levels in low-income countries, highlighting a “tragic reversal” in development. “It’s already pushed nearly 100 million people into extreme poverty. That’s the added number in extreme poverty,” …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has urged Uganda Development Bank (UDB) to reduce its lending rate from 12 percent saying that access to affordable loans by majority of Ugandans is a key driver of socio-economic transformation. He made the remarks while meeting with the Board of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists have urged the government to adopt up to date early warning systems to guard against disasters that happen repeatedly but cause avoidable damage every time they strike. Speaking at a meeting to mark the International Disaster Risk Reduction day on Wednesday, Prof. Virginia Murray, …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 3rd Division Court Martial sitting in Moroto barracks has convicted 8 suspects for illegal possession of firearms and handed them sentences varying between 5 and 10 years. They are Lokira Peter, Loile Lodipi, Meriya Lokiru, Gino Mukas Napudakwi, Achia Marino, Lodia Andrew, Aboka Joseph Lokusi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A casual labourer has raped a 10-year-girl in Nakawa division, a Kampala city suburb, and strangled her to death. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire identifies the suspect as Gerald Sematiko, a resident of Katogo zone in Kinawataka, Nakawa division in Kampala. The …