Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has granted bail to six Lord Councilors out of nine who face charges of inciting violence. Those that have been granted bail included Faisal Kibirige, Gadhafi Nasur, Mosh Ssendi, Afrikan, Paul Kato and Moses Kataabu. Court presided over by …
Read More »Changes to NDA Tower design could cost taxpayer Sh3.5 billion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government risks losing up to Sh3.5 billion following unapproved structural adjustments in the building plan of the proposed National Drug Authority-NDA headquarters in Kampala. This is part of the findings in a recent report by the Auditor General, John F.S Muwanga. The Auditor General’s …
Read More »Hoima councilors break chairs, fight in meeting
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A fight broke has broken out among Councilors at the Hoima district headquarters in Kasingo cell, Hoima West Division of Hoima City. The fight Monday afternoon broke out after a section of councilors opposed the council sitting, saying it was illegal. It all started …
Read More »Flying Squad rescues kidnapped KIU student
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police Flying Squad unit has rescued Hilda Driwalo, a mobile money agent and student of Kampala International University and arrested six suspects in connection to her kidnap. According to the police, the suspects kidnapped Driwalo from Entebbe on Friday last week after inviting …
Read More »Police Officer arrested for criminalizing adultery complaint
Enanga explains that adultery is not a criminal offence Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Police officer at the rank of Inspector of Police is in trouble for arresting a couple engaged in adultery, yet it is not a criminal matter. Fred Enanga, the Police spokesperson identified the officer …
Read More »Cameroon eyes on World Cup, no changes despite AFCON failure
Younde, Cameroon | Xinhua | Cameroon’s Minister of Sports and Physical Education Narcisse Mouelle Kombi said on Monday that national football team head coach Antonio Conceicao will not be sacked despite failing to win the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy. “Every time we have won a trophy, it has …
Read More »East Africa plans integrated approach to reap from migration
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community (EAC) is consulting widely on ways of streamlining migration in the region to make it more beneficial to the development of the member countries. The ministers in charge of EAC, internal and labour, directorates of immigration from the region, as …
Read More »Sheikh Nsubuga linked to Bulo, Lukaya terror camps
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Anti-Terrorism Taskforce (JATT) has again cited wanted Sheikh Sulaiman Nsubuga, as being behind new terror camps in Kalungu and Butambala districts. A team comprised of police crime intelligence, chieftaincy of military intelligence, counter-terrorism and army commandos at the weekend raided Bulo village …
Read More »Ugandan economy beats forecasts, grows above 6%
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda (BOU) has reported that the economy is estimated to have grown by between 6.5 and 7 percent in 2021, compared to a 1.5 percent contraction in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced parts of the economy to shut down. Deputy Governor Dr. …
Read More »Guard arrested for killing Busitema University student in Mbale
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale City Police are holding Wilson Kidasa, a security guard from Alpha Security Services limited accused of shooting dead a student of Busitema University on Sunday evening. Kidasa allegedly shot dead 20-year-old Kelly Tumusiime, a resident of Mivule cell, Namatala ward in Mbale City …
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