Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Youth and Children, Balaam Barugahara, has called upon the Uganda Police Force to intervene in the ongoing clashes of gangs loyal to musicians Patrick Mulwana alias Alien Skin and Pius Mayanja aka Pallaso. He said effective Thursday, his music promotion company …
Read More »Korean investigators fail to arrest impeached President Yoon
SEOUL | Xinhua | South Korean investigators with the anti-corruption investigative unit left the presidential residence after failing to arrest the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol on Friday. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) said the continued confrontation virtually made it impossible to execute the arrest warrant against Yoon, …
Read More »FBI confirms 14 killed in New Orleans, attacker likely to be ‘lone wolf’
HOUSTON | Xinhua | Officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Thursday that 14 people were confirmed dead when an attacker rammed a pickup truck into New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans one day earlier. The attacker was shot dead in gunfight with responding police officers. …
Read More »OMONA: Cabinet set to draft paper to guide reparations for Ongwen victims
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet is drafting a document to guide the implementation of the reparations order for victims of convicted former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel Commander Dominic Ongwen in Northern Uganda. State Minister for Northern Uganda Rehabilitation Dr Kenneth Omona disclosed over the weekend that the …
Read More »CONFIRMED: Govt to lower end-user electricity price
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electricity consumers in Uganda will pay an average 5.2 percent less on electricity over the next three months, following a revised tariff schedule by the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA). The review was made possible by the ease in the parameters that determine the cost …
Read More »Six-year-old Irene Nabbosa Nakiyingi found dead
Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Irene Nabbosa Nakiyingi, a six-year-old girl from Zigoti town council, Zigoti East cell, in Mityana district, who went missing has been found dead. Nabbosa who was a pupil of Sonko Joy Primary School left her parents’ home on December 31, 2024, at around 7 …
Read More »Kyenjojo road accident leaves 10 dead
Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten people have been killed in a road crash in Kyenjojo District. The crash happened on Wednesday at Ngezi Trading Centre. In an interview with Uganda Radio Network, Rwenzori West police spokesperson, Vicent Twesige, the accident happened when a taxi registration number UBR 800S, …
Read More »UCDA, DDA and NAADS hand over operations to Agric Ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), Cotton Development Organization (CDO), National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) and the Dairy Development Authority (DDA) today handed over their operations to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). Government says this is a move to streamline operations …
Read More »Traders faint after property lost in Arua Park Plaza fire
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders at Arua Bus Park in Kampala are counting losses after fire gutted Nyumba Kubwa plaza on Thursday. The fire left the whole of the second floor burnt. Arnold Muwanguzi said all their shop filled with building paint were reduced to ashes. Godfrey Katongole, …
Read More »Christ The King warns of fraudsters using Msgr Kalumba’s Anniversary to collect money
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Christians at Christ The King Catholic Church in Kampala have been cautioned about fraudsters claiming to be collecting funds for the anniversary of their Parish Priest Msgr Gerald Kalumba. Kalumba will mark 50 years of priesthood in May. The fraudsters are using online systems including …
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