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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has been killed in an accident along the Mbale-Tororo highway. The accident which occurred at 6 am in Bisu town council involved a Tororo Cement truck registration number UBA 127M carrying limestone. The deceased has been identified as Awali Etongo, the driver of …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Aruu County Member of Parliament Samuel Odonga Otto has been granted bail. Otto was granted cash bail of 2 Million Shillings by Pader Grade One Magistrate Edward Akwankwasa Bayo on Tuesday. Otto was represented in court by his lawyers Charles Dalton of Dalton Opwonya …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has allowed the lawyers of Sulaiman Kidandala, the first runner up in Kawempe North parliamentary elections to serve his rival, Muhammad Ssegirinya in Kitalya prisons. Kidandala is seeking to overturn Ssegirinya’s victory in the January 14, 2021 polls on grounds that he used …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has called for a halt in the campaigns for Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the National Resistance Movement -NRM party, saying the Central Executive Committee-CEC will resolve the matter. Yesterday, President Museveni summoned front runners for the NRM speakership race to State House …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have issued a stern warning to a section of people in the entertainment industry on their planned demonstration against the continued ban of concerts in the country. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said they aware of a planned demonstration on Wednesday at National Theatre in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has appealed to leaders at all levels to embrace the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination and help debunk fears and misconceptions about the AstraZeneca vaccine. The call comes amidst a pile of controversies surrounding the use …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two enforcement officers from Uganda Revenue Authority –URA attached to Arua Customs were airlifted to Kampala on Monday evening after being beaten into coma by suspected residents of Yobuyia cell in Ayivu East Constituency Arua City. Residents ganged up against the duo on Sunday …

Heavy rains disrupt start of PLE, late start expected in many places Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Heavy rains have this morning disrupted the start of the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE in different parts of the country.  At many examination storage centres, there were no teachers to receive the materials. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hajji Musa Katongole, the former chairman of the now defunct Uganda Taxi Owners and Driver’s Association (UTODA) is dead. Katongole who has been sick and admitted at TMR Hospital in Naalya, a Kampala suburb for several days was pronounced dead this morning. It is …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s social media team is testing ‘a no reply’ feature on his twitter handle. This is the first time that the president’s account which has been in existence for 10yrs  has closed a tweet from direct replies. Twitter introduced the option of …