Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has elected Uganda’s representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly, retaining six incumbents, all belonging to the ruling party, NRM, which boasts of a majority in the House. Three new representatives – two former MPs in the previous 10th Parliament: Veronica Kadogo Babirye and Jacquiline …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Ugandans have fallen victim to online loan applications that offer cheap and instant loans. The loans are always available as long as one has access to a smartphone and the internet. Unlike banks and other financial institutions that ask for collateral to acquire …
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Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi police has in custody a 37-year-old man on charges of defiling his seven-year-old biological daughter. Martial Tumusiime, the Greater Bushenyi Regional Police Spokesperson identified the suspect as Dominic Musiime, 37, resident of Swazi ll, Kyamuhunga sub-county. Tumusiime says the arrest of Musiime was triggered by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyosk, a tech-led company that connects informal retailers and other similar outlets directly to fast-moving consumer goods companies is transforming Uganda’s retail system and is expected to positively impact the economy. The digital platform, founded in Kenya by technopreneur Raphael Afaedor opened its offices in Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For six months, crime intelligence and flying squad have been hunting for Daren Kabuye, a man suspected to be the ringleader of the Kigaali gang that clobbered Kyebando’s Internal Security Officer (GISO) Ben Kasule as he responded to a robbery alarm. The GISO was attacked on …
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Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday said its year-on-year production rose for the first time in five months in August as the negative effects of a global semiconductor crunch eased. The Aichi Prefecture-based automaker also said its worldwide production increased from a year earlier by 44.3 percent …
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Kaliro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 17-year-old boy was on Wednesday shot dead during an operation by the Fisheries Protection Unit in Kaliro district. Reagan Damba, a senior two student at Bulamogi college in Gadumire sub-county was shot in the back and he bled to death. It is alleged that members …
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever is a viral haemorrhagic fever usually transmitted by ticks Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An outbreak of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever has been confirmed in Amuru district. Health officials revealed on Thursday that samples taken from an 18-year-old man who succumbed over the weekend tested positive for the …
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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Anti-Corruption Unit has arrested five officials of the Fort Portal city lands department for allegedly selling public land. The officials are Nansubuga Shamim, senior staff surveyor, Simon Peter Kugonza from the lands office, David Mwesige Baguma, former chairperson of lands committee West …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two police officers have been arrested to help with investigations into the shooting in Bukasa, Wakiso district that left one woman severely injured. Those arrested are Erisa Muhumuza and Evelyne Akello, both police officers attached to the Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA enforcement team. Kampala Metropolitan Police …
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