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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 59 people lost their lives during celebrations to usher in the New Year, according to police records. Of these, 39 died in road crashes. According to the spokesperson of the traffic directorate Faridah Nampiima, 39 deaths resulted from 106 accidents recorded between December …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has revealed that it is yet to put up kiosks to sensitize ordinary people on how to use its new technology to file cases as the institution embarks on a move to eliminate paper usage. In October 2021, Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo launched …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commercial banks approved a total of 2.8 trillion Shillings in loan amounts in the three months ending October 2021, which indicates growth from the 2.2 trillion Shillings approved in the quarter that ended July. Similarly, the value of loan applications rose to 4.9 trillion Shillings …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) in collaboration with Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) have recovered 316 heads of cattle in countrywide operations targeting cattle theft and rustlers. The cows, according to Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga, were recovered during the operations at the start of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have so far arrested 33 people suspected to be members of the new rebel group, Uganda Coalition Forces of Change-UCFC. In November last year, police dispatched teams from the Crime Intelligence and the flying squad under the command of Edward Ochom, the Director …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nile International Hospital has sued Lancet Laboratories Uganda for the alleged delay to return results from a uterus sample extracted from a patient. The hospital contends that on March 13, 2020, it executed a contract agreement with Lancet Laboratories for the provision of referral laboratory …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Transport fares from Mbale to different destinations have been maintained despite the president opening the transport sector to full capacity of passengers by public vehicles. Last Friday during the end of year presidential national address, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni allowed public transport to resume carrying …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima is holding a cleaner attached to Butema health center III in Buhanika sub county for allegedly selling COVID-19 vaccination cards to unvaccinated persons. The suspect is Ivan Bigirwa. The suspect was nabbed on Sunday afternoon while allegedly executing the dubious business at …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 265 pupils of Moone Primary School in Nakasongola district will have to study under tents when they resume studies in a few days’ time following the rising water levels in Lake Kyoga, which led to the collapse of their classrooms. The water levels …

Apac, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Apac district council has resolved to arrest and fine parents who will refuse to send their children back to school as schools reopen on Monday next week. President Yoweri Museveni in his recent address to the nation okayed school reopening. In a comprehensive school reopening …