Kasanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mityana have arrested a 40-year-old woman for stealing a two-day-old baby. According to Wamala Region Police Spokesperson Recheal Kawala, the suspect has been identified as Betty Mirembe Kwagala, a resident of Nabukondo in Kasanda District. Kawala says that on Tuesday, at 6 …
Read More »DPP to decide fate of woman arrested in connection with Dr Spire Kiggundu’s death
Kampala, Uganda| THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is set to determine the next course of action regarding Eva Mbabazi, who was arrested in connection with the mysterious death of Dr Spire Kiggundu, the founder of Henrob Hospital. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson SSP Patrick Onyango, Mbabazi …
Read More »LIGHTNING: 1 killed, 4 survive with minor injuries in Mayuge
MAYUGE, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Christine Awori, 30, a resident of Waigala Village in Bukatube Sub-county, Mayuge District, has died after being struck by lightning. The incident occurred at around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday when lightning struck Awori’s house, causing a fire that severely burned her upper body. She succumbed …
Read More »How student, woman collected sh13 million in fake job scam
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The army and police have arrested a 38-year old woman Harriet Nasuuna, who claims she is a jobs recruitment agent employed by a Senior Three student, William Mugenyi 18. The jobs are said to be in Kenya. Nasuuna had so far recruited 179 youths from …
Read More »Arua man dead, wife arrested
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua city are holding a woman on murder charges after she allegedly hit her husband to death using a saucepan in domestic brawl. Mary Asianzu Racheal, 30, allegedly murdered her husband identified as Rogers Mundua aged 35 years and a resident a …
Read More »Woman detained as Police Corporal dies after spending night with her
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga North, is holding a woman, whose identity have been withheld over the death of Cpl George Isabirye, the officer in charge of Nakabugu police station, in Bulongo sub county, in Luuka district. The suspect is currently detained at Luuka central police station, …
Read More »ARUA: Woman in custody for dumping baby in a pit latrine
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua district have in their custody a 22- year old woman who gave birth to a baby boy and allegedly dumped it in the neighbor’s pit latrine. The suspect identified as Janet Drateru is a resident of Yivu-East village, Tilevu Parish, Vurra Sub …
Read More »Missing woman found dead in swamp
Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have recovered the lifeless body of an elderly woman in Malongo sub-county in Mayuge district who went missing in July this year. The deceased is 78-year-old, Florence Nambozo, a resident of Wambette village, in Malongo sub-county. Children found Nambozo’s lifeless body dumped in the swamp …
Read More »Tanzania’s new president
Samia Hassan Suluhu becomes first woman president in traditional East Africa ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | As stipulated in the Tanzanian constitution, Vice President Samia Hassan Suluhu was on March 18 sworn in as the country’s 6th President following the death of John Pombe Magufuli on March 17. …
Read More »Woman `vampire’ jailed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 22-year-old female fan of the hit TV show “The Vampire Diaries” who considered herself the real-life vampire heroine Elena Gilbert was recently sentenced to two and a half years in prison after stabbing a man that she allegedly considered a werewolf. The bizarre attack …
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