Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has ordered all Chief Magistrates to set aside all their routine work and prioritize the swearing in of incoming district executive committees. Regulation 2 of the 3rd schedule and 8th schedule of the Local Government requires all elected local councils to take oaths …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President is yet to consider names for the appointment of the Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) and two Commission members. The Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Kafuuzi, told a Parliament sitting on Monday, 10 May 2021, that the Minister for Justice and …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order revoking several measures issued by former President Donald Trump, including one to establish a “National Garden of American Heroes” that called for erecting statues of hundreds of prominent Americans though some of them are controversial over their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrates court has issued criminal summons to Augustine Ojobile, the secretary of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC Electoral Commission to show up and receive judgment in the case where he is accused of being a common nuisance. Ojobile is jointly charged with Robert …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persistent high rates of teenage pregnancies in Kabale district continue baffling the leaders. Monica Muhumuza Nzeirwe, Kabale District Probation Officer revealed to our reporter on Friday afternoon that her office recorded 1,867 cases of girls aged under 18 who were defiled and made pregnant between March …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. House Republicans on Friday morning voted for former President Donald Trump’s staunch defender Elise Stefanik to fill the No. 3 House GOP leadership position of conference chair. Publicly supported by Trump and top House Republican leaders, Stefanik was elected on a 134-46 vote. The voting came …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested a man who killed his wife and the housemaid he was caught raping. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the suspect as Shaban Musisi, a resident of Kasenge village in Kyengera town council of Wakiso district, who killed his wife …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Barely a month after the police authority with the police council expelled and discharged 153 police officers, Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has appointed regional Professional Standards Unit -PSU commanders. The new regional PSU chiefs include John Samuel Okodan who has been appointed head …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Natural Resources officers in Lwengo, Kyotera, and Rakai district local governments have said they are failing to monitor the ongoing East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project activities due to lack of funds. According to Godfrey Mutemba, the Lwengo district Natural Resources officer, their departments …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A police constable attached to Field Force Unit in Gulu was this morning shot dead by unknown assailants. Simon Onencan Okot, 34, was reportedly shot at 3 am from Pece Lukung in Pece-Laroo division, just about 50 meters from the police barracks. Okot, No.58120 had been …