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Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Flash floods have displaced more than 2,000 people and destroyed properties worth millions at the border town of Elegu, according to Amuru district authorities. The flash floods follow days of torrential rainfall that pounded the region and forced the Unyama River to burst its banks on …
Read More »Hoima-Kampala road closed after River Kafu floods
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Hoima-Kampala highway has been temporarily closed due to the River Kafu bursting its banks as a result of heavy rainfall, causing flooding. The River Kafu serves as the border between the Hoima and Kyankwanzi districts. The river overflowed on Monday evening around 5 …
Read More »Three teachers arrested after sharing UNEB exam papers on whatsapp
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have detained three teachers from Midland High School for the unauthorized possession of Uganda Certificate of Examination (UCE) papers. Jennifer Kalule Musamba, the spokesperson of the Uganda National Examination Board, has identified the suspects as chief invigilator Dalton Denis Lubega, a teacher at …
Read More »NSSF wins prestigious accolades at the 2023 FIRE awards
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund has again been recognized for its outstanding financial reporting, winning four accolades at the 2023 Financial Reporting Awards held recently in Kampala. The Fund won the prestigious Silver award, beating over 100 companies that submitted entries to the 12th …
Read More »Ireland approves sh400 billion for education in Karamoja
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government of Ireland has revealed plans to allocate €100 million ( sh400 billion) to support education in the Karamoja sub-region over the next five years. Irish government officials, accompanied by Esther Davinia Anyakun, the Nakapiripirit District Woman Member of Parliament and Minister of …
Read More »Kagezi Murder: Four charged, remanded
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded two convicts and two prisoners, including a charcoal burner for terrorism and the murder of former Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, Joan Namazzi Kagezi. The accused include Daniel Kisekka Kiwanuka, a peasant farmer and charcoal burner residing …
Read More »School Director faints, hospitalised after arrest in case of defilement of 6 PLE candidates
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero have arrested a school director over allegations that he defiled six under age girls, all candidates of the primary seven class, and made one procure an abortion. The suspect has been identified as Jonah Ssebamanya the director of Kings Palace Primary …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Leader of Queen Elizabeth Park and Lhubiriha attacks captured
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Abdul Rashid alias Njovu, leader of a group that is suspected to have killed two tourists and their Ugandan driver in Queen Elizabeth Park last month has been captured, President Yoweri Museveni has said. “This is to inform you that one of the killers of the tourists and …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Kagezi murder suspects arrested, due in court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Key suspects in the murder of Justice Joan Kagezi have been arrested. The DPP Jane Frances Abodo has sanctioned charges of terrorism and murder against four key suspects that were involved in killing the Late Joan Kagezi, who was a Senior Assistant DPP/Head, in 2015. …
Read More »I have prepared myself well, says new URA coach ‘King David’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority Football Club- URA FC have announced that they have appointed former Uganda Cranes icon David Obua as the team Head Coach replacing Fred Muhumuza who has been interim coach for three months. The official announcement by the club put an end …
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