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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Karimojong elders in Napak and Nabilatuk districts have recommended to government to revive the electronic animal branding, a practice which was taking root ten years back. According to the elders, the electronic animals branding had stopped cattle rustling in Karamoja. The elders …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Agago district are holding a district councilor accused of raping a 23-year-old female patient. Joel Ogal, 54, the LC V councilor for Lapono sub-county was arrested on Friday from Kalongo town council. He is accused of raping a female resident of Akado …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has set a new target that will finally end poverty in Uganda during his sixth elected term at the helm of the country. During his Saturday evening address, the president explained that under the new term, his government will emphasize social-economic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has distanced the army and other security forces from the ongoing forced disappearances of people across the country in the lead-up to and after the January polls. The President says that the security forces including the army and police are taught …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiryandongo have in their custody 38 suspects accused of attacking and killing three people in the district. The suspects whose names have been concealed for fear of jeopardizing police investigations were arrested on Thursday and Friday this week from various parts of Kiryandongo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected armed Congolese militiamen have raided the Lake Albert waters robbing three boat engines and three fishing boats from Ugandan fishermen. The incident happened near Nyawaiga landing site in Kabwoya sub county in Kikuube district in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Peter Kyasimire, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament over what he calls an illegal plan to extend the life of the 11th Parliament from five to seven years. The petition comes at the back drop of the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee mooting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The indefinite suspension of the re-opening of the nursery schools will hurt the foundation of schooling according to teachers. Last week, Education Minister Janet Museveni said nursery schools handling children aged three to six will remain closed throughout the Covid-19 season. She explained that this …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students in private universities based in Kampala are having face to face lectures before the official dates set for reopening by Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education and Sports directed on February 9th, 2020 that Universities and other tertiary institutions would start face to …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The year’s edition of the national cross country championship is done, and the winner Hosea Kiplangat. In the  highly competitive championship, Uganda’s Long distance runner Kiplangat against all odds managed to hit the finishing point before any other 2:14:0 ahead of Kusuro Geoffrey who …