Budaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Budaka police are holding five foreign nationals for illegal entry into Uganda. Immaculate Alasom, the Bukedi North region police spokesperson identifies the suspects as Erasmas Dogso and Ziyad Abaala Duse, both Ethiopian nationals. The others are Samuel Abraham, Even Tesgarbr, Luwam Debesay, and a 2-year-old …
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Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority-URA enforcement officers have shot dead a suspected smuggler in Busia district. The deceased has been identified as Martin Wanjala, a 22-year-old resident of Buswiriri village, Kapyanga sub county. Wanjala was reportedly shot dead on Sunday night while attempting to resist arrest …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A bankruptcy litigation against Global Security JSC, a Russian company that was awarded a 10-year contract to install digital monitoring systems in all motorcycles and vehicles in Uganda has been terminated. The case was terminated on November 22, according to a ruling by the Arbitration …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in Parliament has raised a red flag on the proposed amendment of the Mining Act (2003), to give the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development sweeping powers over the country’s natural resources. While meeting artisan miners at Nakyooga in Kabale district’s Kamuganguzi sub …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have revealed that many of the wanted terror suspects allegedly attached to Allied Democratic Forces -ADF have now left Kampala metropolitan area perhaps for upcountry places or even sneaked back to their hideouts in neighbouring countries. Without revealing names or number of terror suspects …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked government to intervene in the skyrocketing fuel prices, saying businesses are starting to crumble due to the high transport costs. The MPs who addressed journalists on Monday in the Members’ Lounge at Parliament say that whereas fuel prices have been …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Busongora South Member of Parliament in Kasese district, Jackson Mbaju Kathika has joined the National Unity Platform-NUP party. Mbaju who was a staunch member of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC contested as an independent candidate in the parliamentary elections after he was defeated …
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Butambala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butambala Member of Parliament Muwanga Kivumbi has expressed appreciation to Government for introducing the Emyooga initiative which he says is a great step towards achieving the much desired economic transformation in Uganda. He said this, during a monitoring visit to Butambala Constituency as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government will not allow people who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 to operate in the city come January 2022. The state minister for Kampala and metropolitan affairs, Kabuye Kyofatogabye made the announcement in Kikuubo – the city’s wholesale hub. He repeatedly sounded the ultimatum in …
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The Uganda parliament is yet to pass the 2009 Marriage and Divorce Bill that seeks to reform and consolidate the law relating to marriage and separation and divorce Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s recent court ruling on equal sharing of matrimonial property in the event of a divorce has …
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