Jinja, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | Renowned Jinja city businessman, Zziwa Mayanja is in trouble for felling two mvule trees. Mayanja is currently locked up at Nalufenya police station awaiting prosecution. Trouble for Mayanja started when he cut down the legendary mvule trees believed to have been planted along the banks of River …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial in Makindye has remanded 15 suspects to Luzira prison on charges of treachery and murder of four police officers from Mityana and Kiboga districts. The suspects are Stuart Lugendo, Savio Paul alias Kuffa Teeka, Julius Mulinda alias Julio, Muhammad Nyanzi Makumgi …
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Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The resumption of the Wanseko-Panyimur ferry operations is boosting various businesses in the Bunyoro and West Nile sub-regions. In June 2020, the ferry operations were suspended following the rising water levels of Lake Albert which submerged the docking piers. The suspension left the business community …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alune Primary School in Labongo Akwang sub county, Kitgum district is struggling with dozens of learners suffering from nodding syndrome, a neurologic disorder characterized by seizure-like activity, such as convulsions and staring spells. The school, located in an area densely populated by children suffering from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn charges of obtaining registration by false pretense against National Unity Platform Party President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. In 2021, lawyer Male Mabirizi accused Kyagulanyi of having been admitted at Makerere University to pursue a Diploma in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community (EAC) Secretariat has faulted regional governments for failing to honour their own commitments on the management of COVID-19, as protests by truck drivers from Kenya into Uganda persists. One such commitment is the mutual recognition of the COVID-19 test results by …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara Taxi drivers and Conductors Association on Monday intensified operations to arrest illegal taxi touts. The operation was conducted with the help of Mbarara city enforcement team. During the operation, illegal taxi stages that include, Shell Ankole, Independence park stage, Rubis petrol station stage among …
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Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security team comprising the police and army have busted a hideout of cattle rustlers in Kotido district killing one rustler and recovering two fully loaded AK47 machine guns. The raid that took place on Sunday night in Losilang ward in the Northern division …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 12 rebels have been killed during heavy fighting between the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in conjunction with Mai Mai militiamen with government army in two villages, south of the ‘Irumu territory, Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. According to Lieutenant Jules Ngongo, …
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Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Katakwi district councillors want the Resident District Commissioner John Steven Ekoom transferred. The councilors accuse Ekoom of clashing with political leaders and threatening to arrest them without justification. They also accuse him of masterminding the livestock quarantine. President Yoweri Museveni deployed Ekoom …
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