Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet has approved the construction of eight regional appellant Courts across the country to take justice closer to people, the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has revealed. He was officiating at the 23rd Annual Judges’ Conference held at Mestil Hotel in Kampala on Monday under the theme “The Administration …
Read More »Kasese NUP coordinator says he was tortured
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Samuel Masereka, the coordinator of the National Unity Platform (NUP) in Kasese District has narrated to the press his ordeal at the hands of security personnel after he was detained at Kasese Central Police Station last month. He narrated what happened to him during …
Read More »Police recover body from septic tank, arrest two in Makindye
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Katwe Police Division is holding two suspects on allegations of strangling a man to death and dumping his body in a septic tank. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the suspects as Naomi Tumwine and Norman Muhangi, both residents of …
Read More »Uganda-Rwanda border re-opened despite delays
Katuna, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Despite a few delays, the Uganda-Rwanda border was today re-opened for the first time since February 27, 2019. Trucks finally crossed from Uganda, and others from Rwanda as officials met most of the day to try and agree on how the border operations will …
Read More »Was Uganda’s moral crusader Fr Lokodo ex-communicated?
Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Just hours after the death of Father Simon Lokodo, the former Minister for Ethics, there was a discussion online over whether he had actually been excommunicated from the Catholic Church after he joined politics. Lokodo, 64, died suddenly on Saturday while in Geneva, Switzerland, …
Read More »Masaka unhappy with delay to gazette Parish Model guidelines
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka City and Local Governments have expressed concern over the government delay to gazette guidelines for implementation of the Parish Development Model-PDM. The Parish Development Model program which was allocated Ushs200billion this financial year with each parish supposed to get Ushs19.1 million is the …
Read More »Parents, students stuck as sole secondary school changed to primary
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of students in Bukakata sub-county in Masaka district are stuck in their homes following the conversion of the sole community secondary school in their area to a primary school. Both the new and continuing students from Ssunga, Bukibonga, and Makonzi parishes of …
Read More »Uganda Parliament asked to reconsider Insurance Bill
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Beneficiaries of Community Health Insurance schemes and local leaders in Luwero district want Parliament to pass the National Health Insurance bill afresh so as to enable them to access better services. In March 2021, Parliament passed the National Health Insurance Bill that provides for the …
Read More »Museveni meets DRC Defense Minister, UPDF prepares phase 2 of Operation Shuja
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has assured the people of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo of total peace after the two countries launched joint operations to flush out the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) from Eastern Congo. The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) and The …
Read More »Hundreds more recruited for Operation Shujaa
Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 400 soldiers of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) have completed a four-month intensive training in mountain warfare at Mountain Warfare Training School MWTS- Karugutu in Ntoroko District. The soldiers are attached to the Mountain Division units and Special Forces Command-SFC and will be …
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