THIS WEEK: Entebbe authorities issue tight guidelines for De bar to re-open Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Municipality RDC Rose Kirabira has revealed that De bar, a bar in which fallen vocalist Moses Ssekibogo aka Mowzey Radio sustained severe head injuries that finally caused his death at the beginning …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A panel instituted to try rebel leader of the Allied Democratic Forces Jamil Mukulu, has been named. Three Judges of the International Crimes Division of the High Court, including the head of this court Justice Moses Mukiiibi, Justice Michael Elubu and Justice Susan Okalany …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A man said to be involved in a second acid attack against city lawyer David Tebusweke Mayinja last month, has been arraigned before Buganda Road Court and charged with conspiracy to murder and attempting to commit a felony. Nuhu Isha a driver and resident …
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Sebagoro, Uganda | AFP | A daily flotilla of wooden canoes makes the 10-hour eastward crossing of Lake Albert ferrying hundreds of refugees from DR Congo’s latest spasm of violence to the safety of Uganda. The repurposed fishing vessels come to Sebagoro beach crammed with the bedraggled and dispossessed survivors …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Leader of Opposition in Uganda’s parliament Winnie Kiiza has said that compulsory DNA tests for all Ugandans will not work without political will. Kiiza was Friday responding to President Yoweri Museveni’s remark after the body of 28-year-old Suzan Magara was found early this …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police Gen. Kale Kayihura has called upon police officers to embrace team work in their day to day duties. While closing a two day Police Council Meeting at Marine base, in Kigo Kajjansi, Kayihura noted that many resolutions had been agreed …
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Hoima, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Security Minister Lt Gen. Henry Tumukunde has apologised to mourners at Suzan Magara’s funeral for the government’s failure to rescue her after she was was kidnapped in Kampala on February 7, 2018. Suzan Magara, a cashier with at Bwendero Dairy Farm (BDF), was murdered and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Exactly a year after his release from Luzira, the former director of Economic Monitoring at the Internal Security Organisation (ISO) Teddy Ssezi Cheeye is dead. According to the police, he was knocked dead March 1 by a speeding boda boda (motor cycle) as he crossed …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Two suspected armed robbers were Thursday shot dead after a reported attempted robbery in Bweyogerere, Police has said. Police confirmed they had shot the two men who they said attacked and attempted to slice the throat of a business woman identified as Agaba Josephine Rwabyona in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent. COVER STORY Loans saga: Matia Kasaija and his team at the Finance Ministry find themselves in a very tight corner as they look for Shs29.2 trillion to finance a new budget BUSINESS Inside the SGS contract saga: …
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