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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legal Brains Trust has petitioned the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala seeking issuance of criminal summons against parties in the case in which businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba and his brother are accused of tax evasion and forgery of a judicial document. The petition signed by the Chief …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers have rejected a proposal by President Museveni to include the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) in the Fisheries and Monitoring Unit, under the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2021 to prevent illegal fishing. Parliament had initially passed the Bill in May 2022 but the President did …