Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An attempt by 40 Kenyans to join the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces – UPDF in Sipi sub-region, has been foiled. The group included both male and female youths who had disguised their nationality in order to join the Ugandan army, in the ongoing recruitment …
Read More »KAPCHROWA: 19 NGO workers killed in Uganda bus crash
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | At least 19 staff members of a non-governmental organisation died and six were injured Tuesday when the bus they were travelling in lost control and hurtled off a cliff in eastern Uganda, police said. “19 people have been confirmed dead and six others critically injured …
Read More »KAPCHORWA: 19 dead in bus accident
Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nineteen people have died after an accident on the Kapchrowa – Sironko road on Tuesday afternoon. Six survivors have been taken to Mbale and Kapchorwa hospitals for treatment. The accident occurred this evening at Tewei hill opposite Sipi falls when a bus registration number UG 2833E belonging …
Read More »In Kapchorwa, female circumcision defies law
By Independent Correspondent Girls confused, NGOs want sensitisation, and parents say it will not stand in the way of culture Shadrach Ruto says since 2010 when Uganda passed the law against female circumcision, or Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as the lawmakers call it, people in his Korite village in Kween …
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