Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Saudi Arabian National has been trampled to death by an elephant in Murchison Falls National Park in Nwoya district. The deceased whose identity wasn’t available by press time was killed on Tuesday morning. Bashir Hangi, the Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA Communications Manager told URN that …
Read More »Police raise concern over continued destruction of CCTV cables
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police’s Directorate of Information Communication Technology has raised concern over the continued destruction of underground fibre cables for the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) network. Citing an example of engineer Eddy Kyambadde, who allegedly destroyed CCTV fibre cables during clearance of a construction site, the …
Read More »Archbishop Ssemogerere maintains Lwanga’s appointees in all offices
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | His Grace Dr. Paul Ssemogerere, the newly installed Kampala Archbishop has maintained the leadership structure and personnel left by his predecessor the late Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga with promises of steering the Archdiocese to greater heights. When Lwanga died, all priests right from the Episcopal …
Read More »Maj. Gen Geoffrey Tumusiime appointed new deputy IGP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj. Gen Geoffrey Tumusiime Kasigazi is the new Deputy Inspector General of the Uganda Police Force. The Deputy Press Secretary to the President, Farouk Kirunda broke the news of Tumusiime’s appointment by President Yoweri Museveni on his Twitter handle. President @KagutaMuseveni has also appointed Maj. …
Read More »Uganda’s USD 50million Local Economic Growth Support project improves rural population
More than 6,000 small-holder farmers have benefitted from the LEGS project Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda government says the Local Economic Growth Support (LEGS) project is on track to improve the lives of more than one million people in the rural areas. The 5-year project launched in 2019 worth …
Read More »Clerk to Parliament lauds EALA for steering integration
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige, has lauded the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) for working towards the realisation of East African integration. Mwesige said that East African integration lies in the hands of the EALA legislators even after their retirement. “I thank you for …
Read More »Internet “dead zones” to disappear by 2024: EU official
Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | Internet “dead zones” in Europe will soon belong to the past, announced Thierry Breton, European commissioner for the internal market, at the 14th European Space Conference on Tuesday. Breton is preparing a legislative proposal that will be ready “in the coming weeks” in order to “equip …
Read More »Lightning kills two pupils, injures four others in Kasese
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lightning struck Mother Gives Nursery and Primary School in Kasese district killing two children and injuring others. The thunderbolt struck the school found in Kihungamiyagha in Kyarumba sub county on Monday evening. The school management has identified the deceased as Janet Mbambu,15, a primary four …
Read More »Municipality agrees to surrender Mukono General Hospital to district
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono municipal authorities have finally handed over the management of Mukono General Hospital to the district leadership. The municipality has been holding onto the hospital since its elevation from health center IV in 2019 to a general hospital. The then Mukono Town Clerk, Richard K …
Read More »Security ignores novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija’s bail, detains him again
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Plain clothed operatives have detained satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, moments after he was granted bail. Kakwenza, at Kitalya, had been released by Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate Douglas Singiza on a cash bail of 500,000 Shillings. His four sureties executed none cash bond of 10 …
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