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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Luwero district council has approved the closure of Bombo town council abattoir over poor hygiene. Seated in Bombo central zone, the abattoir was constructed in the 1970s and has never had any major renovations. At least 10 heads of cattle are slaughtered daily from …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Last week, 80-year-old Priscila Nakamya Ouma, a resident of Doko Kasanja I in Mbale City Northern Division lost her home to a private developer. According to Nakamya, the developer fraudulently bought part of her land from her son, Kiiza Kubiita. Nakamya is just one of …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security in Gulu city has apprehended 208 youth in a crackdown on suspected street thugs. The impromptu operations were conducted by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF in Layibi-Bardege and Pece-Laroo divisions on Sunday night. The crackdown follows rising levels of crime within Gulu city center …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has deployed a new registrar as the Soroti City East by-election roadmap takes shape. The commission has deployed the Nwoya returning officer, Christian Eyu to preside over the by-elections. She replaces Charles Egimu, the Soroti City registrar who is being accused of …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom has called for the immediate intervention of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni into the affairs of the over 1,000 Kyangwali evictees. The affected people have since February this year pitched camp in the precincts of the office of Kikuube Resident District Commissioner following their …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Council has earmarked Shillings 50 million for establishing an engineering laboratory for testing construction materials. This is to ensure that all roads and buildings are constructed with materials that are tested and approved. Christopher Balmoi Omara, the Gulu City Engineer told URN in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | M23 rebels have captured Bunagana border on the side of the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC, forcing over 150 government soldiers to flee into Uganda. The FARDC soldiers have surrendered to Ugandan authorities at Bunagana border. This follows renewed fighting near Bunagana border in Rutshuru territory, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Small and Medium Enterprise Chief, John Kakungulu Walugembe, graduated from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government on 29th May 2022. In a color full ceremony, held at the University’s campus in Cambridge Massachusetts, that was graced by the United States of America’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the world commemorated the World Day Against Child Labor, Uganda said it is making effort to eliminate the vice, which has been exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Uganda National Household Survey 2019/2020 shows that child labor increased to 36 percent up from …

Otuke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five percent of nodding syndrome victims in Acholi and parts of Lango sub-region have developed severe mental problems, the health minister Dr. Ruth Jane Aceng has revealed. Aceng said the children require urgent rehabilitation noting that they have become a huge burden to their parents …