The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buikwe North (Njeru Municipality) Member of Parliament Paul Musoke has abandoned the National Resistance Movement-NRM after losing for the second time in the party elections yesterday. NRM conducted fresh elections for 36 electoral areas yesterday following petitions from contestants who said they were …
Read More »Seven teachers in Fort Portal arrested for failure to wear masks
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven teachers in Fort Portal Tourism City were arrested on Thursday morning for failure to wear masks as schools reopened for finalists. The teachers were picked up as Kabarole Resident District Commissioner– RDC, Steven Asiimwe moved around schools to ensure strict adherence to …
Read More »Candidates in Rubanda flout Covid-19 SOPs
Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Candidates in Rubanda district on Thursday flouted the Covid-19 preventive guidelines during the nomination exercise. According to the nomination guidelines issued by the Electoral Commission, the candidates are supposed to wear masks, have a manageable number of people who can social distance and sanitize. …
Read More »Uganda U-17 national women team focused despite absence of head coach
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The U-17 Women national football team is upbeat about their forthcoming U17 Women’s World Cup qualifying match with Cameroon. The team entered residential training at IUIU Female campus Kabojja on Monday last week but was relocated to Cranes Paradise hotel. Currently, the team conducts …
Read More »Six nominated for Kampala woman MP race
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has nominated six aspirants for the Kampala Woman Member of Parliament position. Seven aspirants booked appointments to be nominated as Kampala Woman MP, but the Electoral Commission Returning Officer for Kampala, Fredrick Muwaya has today nominated six by close of nomination. …
Read More »Moroto hotel guests detained over missing police laptop
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have stormed City Friends Hotel in Moroto municipality and picked up all the lodgers following the theft of a laptop belonging to a senior police officer containing sensitive information. Heavily armed police officers stormed City Friends Hotel around 6:30 am on Thursday morning …
Read More »Schools to dedicate first days to counsel, re-orient learners
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | School authorities plan to use the first days to reorient and counsel learners following their return to school after a six month’s break because of the nationwide lockdown. Various school leaders say they have realized learners need counselling and psychosocial support before actual learning …
Read More »Jinja city residents protest delayed compensation by SGR
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 families whose houses were demolished to pave way for the Standard Gauge Railway construction in Jinja City have protested delayed compensation. The victims from the suburbs of Mpumudde, Mafubira, Bugembe and Kakira argue that, ever since SGR officials earmarked their property …
Read More »Nine nominated in Rubaga South
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine candidates have so far been nominated to contest for the Rubaga South constituency seat. They include former MP John Ken Lukyamuzi, Kato Lubwama the incumbent, National Resistance Movement- NRM flag bearer Male Charles Kenneth, National Unity Platform- NUP flag bearer Mukasa Aloysious Gold …
Read More »Man dies after being shot by LDU at vigil
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man has died after being shot by Local Defense Unit-LDU personnel enforcing night-time curfew in Kamwokya city Suburbs. Twenty-two-year-old Mark Lubowa breathed his last at Mulago National Referral Hospital on Wednesday evening where he had been admitted following the shooting. Information obtained by …
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