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  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian police said on Monday they arrested a Tanzanian national in connection with trafficking 16 illegal Ethiopian migrants. Ulrich Matei, the Mbeya regional police commander identified the suspect as 30-year-old Yohana Adam, a resident of Kasumulu in the country’s southern highlands district of …

Health Workers refuse to take COVID-19 vaccine Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 task force in Lyantonde district is investigating health workers who refused to take the COVID-19 jab. Lyantonde Resident District Commissioner Catherine Kamwine says that the task force was perturbed to learn that the people who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers under their umbrella organization, Network for Public Interest Lawyers-NETPIL have called upon the government and its security agencies to stop what they called normalization of extrajudicial killings. Speaking on Friday at Makerere University where the School of Law was launching a report on …

The ambiguous or slippery nature of the term “emerging artists” calls for its revision to clearly define which artists it suits. | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | The term “emerging artists” is frequently used in many art circles globally. Art galleries, dealers, collectors and art writers use the phrase from time to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Congolese leaders are claiming that more than 100 outboard engines with as many canoes that were allegedly seized from Congolese fishermen on Lake Edward by Uganda Peoples Defense Forces -UPDF marine soldiers are rotting away at Rweshama landing site in Bwambara sub county, Rukungiri district …

  Monaco, France | THE INDEPENDENT | World 800m champion Halimah Nakaayi has set a new national record at Friday’s 2021 Herculis Wanda Diamond League in Monaco. Although Nakaayi finished in 7th place, she posted a personal best time and national record of 1:58:03 in the race that was won by Britain’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport has offered new guidance for government departments and agencies, private companies and service providers listed as essential. On Thursday last week, the works ministry started an automatic renewal of the electronic movement permits for essential workers after the expiry of 14 …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are hunting for a gang of youth in connection with the destruction of several property worth millions of shillings in Pader Town Council in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The youth reportedly rampaged after police stopped their party at Hotel Perfect View …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Makerere University has posted a record number of doctoral graduands, with 108 degrees to be conferred during the 71st graduation ceremonies which started today. Out of the said PhD graduates, 38 are female representing 35 per cent while 70 are male.  Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said that he doesn’t need lectures about democracy. Museveni was on Wednesday speaking at Kololo Independence Grounds after he was sworn in as President of Uganda.  “It is quite comic and laughable to hear of some actors in the world giving …