Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 26-year-old woman was on Wednesday evening sentenced to 28 years and eleven months in jail for murdering her husband over 10,000 shillings. Mercy Layet, a resident of Okwici Village, Angara Parish, Akwang Sub –County in Kitgum District was convicted and sentenced for murdering Patrick …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several journalism bodies have condemned continued brutal attacks by military on journalists as they do their work. On Wednesday, as the former National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu presented a petition on gross human rights violations to the office of the United Nations …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The case in which former Presidential Candidate retired Lt General Henry Tumukunde is charged with treason and illegal possession of firearms has been referred to High Court for investigation. City Hall Senior Magistrate Valerian Tuhimbise on Wednesday evening delivered a ruling directing that the file …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has applied to the Supreme Court to give him one more day to file additional affidavits supporting his presidential election petition. Kyagulanyi, the first runner-up in the January 14th, 2021 general elections ran to the Supreme Court …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Surprisingly few female pregnant finalists returned to schools after the re-opening last year according to the ministry of education and sports. Due to the high number of pregnancy cases recorded during the lockdown, ministry of education officials expected to have over 1,000 finalists in this …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A pineapple processing factory in Ntungamo district has halted its operation, just a year after it was commissioned. The Shillings 1.4 billion fruits factory belonging to Nyakihanga Fruits and Vegetable Grower’s Cooperative Society suspended its operation at the beginning of February 2021. Nathan Mutungi, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for labour, employment and industrial relations Mwesigwa Rukutana has said that there are plans to include a document processing fee that will be applied on candidates seeking jobs abroad. Rukutana told Members of Parliament on Wednesday during plenary chaired by Speaker Rebecca …
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Warsaw, Poland | THE INDEPENDENT | The prime ministers of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia met in the southern Polish city of Krakow on Wednesday to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and to mark the 30th anniversary of the Visegrad Group (V4) cooperation framework. The four leaders jointly urged the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights has condemned the attack by the military on journalists and members of the National Unity Platform. On Wednesday, former NUP presidential candidate Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert presented a petition on alleged human rights violations to the office of …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | A seamless roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine in Africa hinges on improving the knowledge of the continent’s frontline health care workers in critical areas like storage, supply chains management and effective communication to the public, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Ambrose Talisuna, emergency …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
