Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have raised concern over the increasing incidents of security guards conniving with robbers to terrorize companies they are meant to protect. The Flying Squad Unit, Crime Intelligence, and Crime Investigators probing the rampant incidents of attacks at fuel stations, supermarkets, and goods in …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s former president Mwai Kibaki, 90, died on Friday in the capital city Nairobi, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced. “It is my sorrowful duty to announce to the nation the passing on of Emilio Mwai Kibaki, the third President of the Republic of Kenya,” Kenyatta said …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government will in the next financial year give an extra 20 million shillings to excelling Emyooga groups and Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations-Saccos across the country. These additional funds are meant to boost the seed capital for the beneficiaries. Meeting district leaders in Kasese …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has extended the eviction of people occupying Sango Bay land by one month. The extension was made to allow a final joint assessment of all grievances raised in various reports by the local leaders and the ill-fated occupants. Nabbanja was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Old-Kampala Police Division is holding a suspected police impersonator who was arrested in a foiled boda-boda robbery in Kampala. Assistant Superintendent of Police Luke Owoyesigyire, the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson has identified the suspect as Suleiman Mkanda, who was arrested in an attempt …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has secured 11 Billion Shillings to support refugees and host communities in various resettlement centres across the country. The money will be used to feed the refugees, mitigate the effects of COVID-19 and address Gender-Based Violence in camps and communities. It will cover a …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | More than one million children in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi have received one or extra doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine as efforts to eradicate the disease in the continent gathers steam, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday ahead of World Malaria Day …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Five African countries on Thursday resolved to deploy a regional force to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to fight a rebel insurgency in the country. The presidents from Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, DRC, and Rwanda who met in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya for the …

Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kumi Muslim District Council has resolved to impeach Sheik Abdul Wahab Kauta, the District Kadhi. The council chaired by Abdallah Ebokorait on Wednesday while sitting at Kumi Township Primary School resolved that Kauta leaves office for allegedly mismanaging religious affairs. Sheik Kauta is accused of …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected Karamojong cattle rustlers have killed Charles Okello Jinamoi, LCI chairperson Akelem village, Okuti parish, Orom East sub county, Kitgum district. The cattle rustlers suspected to be four in number reportedly invaded Kaminto in Dala village on Wednesday. Preliminary investigations indicate that while Jinamoi was …