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Butaleja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Butaleja district are holding a mother of a 14-year-old girl for conspiring with a 38-year-old man to marry her off. The suspects are Nadera Mariyati and Ali Guloba, a resident of Mwanswa village, Busaba sub-county, who married off the teenager. According to police, …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A symbolic elephant monument was unveiled Friday in Gulu City in honour of the cultural significance of the creature to the Acholi people. The monument, installed with funding from Uganda Breweries was unveiled by the Chief Justice of Uganda,  Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and His …

Nakapiripirit, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people arrested on suspicion of trafficking firearms from Kenya to Uganda have escaped from the 407 UPDF brigade in Nakapiripirit district under unclear circumstances. The five suspects were arrested in Bukwo district on Thursday last week. They were handed over to the army, which …

Abim, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Abim district shot and injured two people in a case of mistaken identity. They were shot in Oyaro ward on Saturday. Michael Longole, the Karamoja Regional Police Spokesperson says that the police suspected the two were cattle rustlers. He identified the victims …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira district has recorded a reduction in local revenue collected which has affected activities. In the past three financial years, the district has collected less than what it projected. For instance, in 2019/2020, the district collected 245 Million Shillings out of the estimated 393 Million …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Micro Finance Support Centre-MSC will support widows and wives of the former Rwenzururu royal guards with seed capital to start income-generating activities. MSC will also offer special support to all former and freed royal guards. The commitment followed appeals made by the Busongora North …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked Entebbe Chief Magistrate Juliet Nakitende to halt criminal proceedings against Pastor Aloysius Bugingo and Susan Makula Nantaba. In December Mabirizi and Robert Rutaro Muhairwe instituted private prosecution proceedings against Bugingo and Makula for Bigamy. However, the Director of Public …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Principal Judge Dr. Flavian Zeija was on Saturday attacked by unknown gunmen along the Kampala-Masaka Road. The incident happened at Mitala Maria in Buwama Town Council, Masaka Road in Mpigi District. Jamson Karemani, the Public Relations Officer – PRO of the judiciary confirmed …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Abbott, a global healthcare leader, this week hosted a media round table to discuss the prevalence and impact of hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of the round table was to raise awareness around a disease that …

  Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo Diocese Denis Kiwanuka Lote, 84, has died. Lote died on Sunday at Nsambya. The demise of the second metropolitan of Tororo was announced by The Most Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Obbo. The deceased has for the last two weeks been …