Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ralph Musiime, a visually impaired teacher in Gulu, is happy that he can now sort out his paper money, without involving another person, thanks to a three-dimensional 3D printed money identifier. Unlike other countries such as Canada and India among others, Ugandan paper cash don’t …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights lawyer, Steven Kalali has petitioned the High Court seeking justice on behalf of the journalists who were battered recently by military police officers. The attorney general is the only respondent to the suit filed before the High Court Civil Division. In his …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | External Security Organisation–ESO and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence –CMI have joined the probe of local singer, Ameria Nambala, who was found in possession of 48 passports whose owners cannot be traced. The artist was arrested from Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on Friday by plain-clothed …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of late Asuman Bamuduka in Kamutuuza village, Kyawagonya parish in Lwengo rural sub-county is in a dilemma and struggling to find a place to bury its deceased who have been dying since 2019. New Plan Company Ltd, which was contracted by Total Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty suspected city thugs have been arrested with suspected stolen items including military materials during an operation conducted by both the army and Uganda Police personnel today in Kampala and parts of Wakiso today. The suspects were arrested in areas of Kisenyi- Mengo, Kisekka market, …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifty-eight-year-old midwife, Rose Nakakande is among the many unsung heroes in the health profession in Uganda. For 30 years, Nakakande has been in the Labour wards in different health units of Mukono district helping pregnant mothers to deliver healthy babies. Despite being born in Natteta …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara city council Authority has lost 600 million shillings for the financial year 2020/21 due to the delay to finalize the construction Central Market. The 21 billion Shilling construction of the Mbarara central Market started in February 2018 and was expected to be completed in …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Heaps of garbage have built up at Kasenyi landing site in Katabi Town Council in Entebbe Municipality in Wakiso district to an extent of spreading to residents homes. “We want this garbage removed. We wrote to Kasenyi landing site and its management seven times in …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opening of a toll-free call center by the police has excited residents of Rwizi region. Located at the Rwizi Region Police headquarters at Mbarara central Police station, the call center will serve people from the four regions of Rwizi, Greater Bushenyi, Kigezi and Rwenzori …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former NTV news anchor, Gabriel Epenu is still struggling to recover fully due to lack of funds following an accident eight years ago. Epenu was involved in an accident at Seeta in Mukono district in 2013, which left him bedridden. His sister, Natasha Epenu, says …
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