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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has revealed that the judiciary    disposed off more than 150,000 cases in the previous financial year, majority of which were completed with the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution mechanisms. According to the Chief Justice, during the financial year 2020/2021, the …

Namutumba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East is investigating circumstances under which two passengers and a motorcyclist, were on Monday morning knocked dead in Magada trading center, Namutumba district along the Iganga-Mbale highway. The deceased are; Joshua Wanga, a motorcyclist aged 18 years, Dennis Masongole, a passenger aged …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police force has retrained 120 Flying Squad operatives to handle incidents related to gun violence and terrorism ahead of the festive season. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said the operatives who are now attached to the directorate of crime intelligence have undergone a three-month refresher …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of the late Joseph Ddumba Lukatome, one of the machete victims in Lwengo district say the condolence money released by President Yoweri Museveni never reached them. Ddumba met his death at the hands of machete-wielding men who raided his home in Kakoma-Kyanjovu village, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | District local governments are stuck with construction funds as they wait for more instructions from the line ministries on how to proceed with Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF Engineering Brigade. Early this year, President Yoweri Museveni directed that all new government school and hospital projects be …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Resident District Commissioners-RDCs in Teso are up in arms against District Service Commissions-DSCs for allegedly extorting money from desperate job seekers. The RDCs say that it has become a habit for DSC officials in their respective districts to mint cash from applicants seeking employment. According …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 300 goats have been killed by the fresh outbreak of goat plague in Kasenyi-Lyato village, Buseruka sub county, Hoima district. Goat plague is a viral disease related to the rinderpest of sheep as well as goats. It is characterized by fever, cough, very …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Kasese municipality want the municipal leadership to regulate the scrap metal business in town. This comes days after two children sustained injuries in a blast in Kogere cell, Nyamwamba division on Tuesday last week. It was reported that three children unsuspectingly picked the …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local council leaders in Gulu have petitioned the Resident City Commissioner-RCC over mushrooming criminal gangs masterminding insecurity in the city suburbs. Following the closure of education institutions due to the extended lockdown imposed by the government to contain the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen-year-old Ruth Nalubega has lost interest in learning after losing both arms in a boda boda accident. It all started on July 24, 2021, when the teenager picked a boda boda in Mukono town at around 5pm to rush her to Lugazi town, about 18km …