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Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pader district Covid-19 taskforce has approved the district COVID-19 Response Plan and budget worth Shillings 958M to support the fight against the pandemic. Both the plan and budget were approved in the weekly district COVID-19 taskforce meeting chaired by the Resident District Commissioner, Okee Ducman. …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are holding a man who has been targeting mobile money operators in Arua city. Police picked up Alex Leku, a businessman from Ariwara town in DR Congo over the weekend after registering a complaint from one of his victims. It is alleged that Leku …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Acholi sub region are struggling to find quality seeds for the second planting season. The second plating season mainly starts at the onset of the second rainy season which commences in early June. The majority of the farmers especially in the rural areas …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Organizations involved in rescuing children engaged in risky behavior like those living on the streets, sex trade and child labour want the government to increase funding to children programs. Faith Kembabazi, the Director for Children at Risk Action Network, an umbrella for organizations dealing with …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local council-LC 5 chairpersons in West Nile have asked the central government to urgently intervene and resolve boundary conflicts in the region. The chairpersons from the twelve districts, two municipalities and one city under their umbrella organization West Nile Development Association-WENDA made the call during …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Muwema, a doctor attached to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital is in trouble for allegedly staging a street bash in violation of the curfew time and COVID-19 preventive measures. Trouble for Muwema started on Saturday evening when he allegedly parked his vehicle registration number UBG …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Omunyole village in Kisoko Sub-county in Tororo district are stuck with a 6 feet grave they dug a week ago to bury a man who tricked his family that he had succumbed to COVID-19. Charles Ogolla alias “Obwanga” reportedly used his friends …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja-Road police Station has opened fresh inquiries into the death of 19-year-old Mark Mudoola, a former senior six leaver who died at Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital in May this year.  The move stems from pressure from the deceased’s family demanding justice. The deceased’s …

Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two men from Rwamwanja refugee settlement in Kamwenge District have earned themselves 12-years-in jail for illegally entering a protected area and killing a bushbuck.   The acting Kyenjojo Chief Magistrate, Joy Nambozo sentenced Sabanitah Habimana and Augustine Sobomaana after finding them guilty on both …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale district are struggling to enforce the COVID-19 preventive measures due to lack of vehicles and fuel. Mbale City and the district are both dependent on the same Police under the Acting District Police Commander, Arafat Kato. According to Kato, the only functional …