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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people are in police custody in connection to the death of Corporal Wilson Ssenja, the Officer in Charge of Lwemwedde police post in Masuliita sub-county in Wakiso district. Luke Oweyesigyire, the Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson says that they received information from Lwemwedde police …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mental Health Uganda has embarked on the door to door monitoring of their clients in Gulu and Omoro districts. The move was prompted by the current lockdown announced by the government to contain the spread of COVID-19. The monitoring visits involve 1,002 peers with specific …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district local government has opened investigations into projects under the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF III). The NUSAF intervention is aimed at fighting poverty using a combination of four factors of building the infrastructures, income-generating activities, conflict management and institutional development. From 2016 …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Angry residents of Kiroya cell in Karujubu division, Masindi municipality in Masindi district have teamed up and arrested a police officer whom they accuse of extortion during the lockdown announced by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to curtail the further spread of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Lango are worried over the increasing number of murder cases in the sub-region. Records from North Kyoga police region which covers the entire Lango sub-region show that 92 murder cases were reported between January and May this year. In January alone, police registered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA councilors on Tuesday defied the Resident City Commissioner-RCC and attended a council meeting. The Speaker of the Council Zahara Luyirika called for the meeting indicating that 20 councilors would attend the meeting physically while the rest will follow the proceedings via …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The continuous death of hundreds of fish in Kobebe multi billion dam in Moroto district has thrown many pastoralists in the region in panic. Hundreds of fish which the Ministry of Agriculture in conjunction with National Agriculture Research Organisation -NARO put in the dam to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some village chairpersons in Kampala have raised concern about the criterion and time allocated for identifying the beneficiaries of the COVID-19 relief fund from the government. They are worried that the criterion may live out many would-be beneficiaries. Recently, the government announced the proposal to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The agriculture sector’s value to the economy has remained largely unchanged and in some areas, increased during the one year of the Covid-19 pandemic. This resilience has given the authorities more incentives to focus on the sector in the development programs like the National Development …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a scabies outbreak in Tororo district. The most affected areas are Amoni A and B villages in Asinge ward of Malaba town council in Tororo district. The disease presents with itchy rashes which later develop into painful sores accompanied by a watery secretion. …