Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Ramadhan Mulindwa Nsanja, the Kadhi Luwero Muslim district has summoned all Imams in his jurisdiction over uncertified marriages. The decision stems from findings showing that about 65 percent of the marriages conducted in his area are uncertified. According to the guidelines from Uganda Muslim …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masindi health officials are investigating reports that some of their own are selling Covid-19 certificates to none vaccinated people. Dr Rogers Musinguzi, the head of the Covid-19 Case Management Unit in Masindi district says that they have received reports that health workers in some facilities …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | George Olowo, the Nyangole sub county LC III chairperson in Tororo district, has suspended operations in the one stop trading center in Mudodo parish, prompting traders to operate in their homes and bushes. The move has affected over 34 shops and 15 stalls. Olowo decided …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lady Justice Ketra Katunguuka has overturned the victory of Christine Nandagire Ndiwalana, as Bukomansimbi North Member of Parliament. She delivered the verdict at Masaka High Court in her ruling on an election petition filed by Nandagire’s National Resistance Movement-NRM rival, Ruth Katushabe, the first runner …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 250 people spent Monday night in various police cells in Kampala Metropolitan areas for violating the nighttime curfew regulations. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, says the suspects were picked up in joint security operations involving police, the military and local …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has tasked the government to present a statement explaining the re-arrest of Kawempe North MP, Muhammad Ssegirinya and Makindye West MP, Allan Ssewanyana shortly after their release by courts on bail. He issued the directives during the plenary on …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara city authorities are in the final process of evicting more than 200 people behind illegal structures in the city. The Mbarara Deputy City Clerk, Richard Mugisha says the suspects took advantage of the nationwide lockdown to erect structures in the city without authorization from …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Homicides in the United States rose nearly 30 percent in 2020 from 2019, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s Uniform Crime Report for 2020 published on Monday. “In 2020, there were an estimated 1,277,696 violent crimes,” the agency said in a statement. Among them, …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is excitement among livestock farmers in Bunyoro sub-region following the reopening of cattle markets. In June this year, while announcing the second nationwide lockdown, President Yoweri Museveni closed livestock markets across the country as part of the measures to contain the second wave of …

Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kamwenge district is investigating two men for alleged impersonation and receiving money by false pretense. The suspects are Godfrey Kaijabwango and Nelson Kamwesiga, both residents of Nsorora village in Kamwenge town council, Kamwenge district. Preliminary police investigations show that the suspects have been …