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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Serere County MP Patrick Okabe says any plan to reopen schools this year in the middle of the election season is misguided and will lead to catastrophe. Hon. Okabe says the recent NRM primaries and campaigns which were characterized by large crowds including school …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | There was chaos in Bulindo village during the Kira Municipality National Resistance Movement-NRM primaries on Monday afternoon when the registrar substituted the official voter’s register with an exercise book.   The supporters of Jackson Twinomugisha questioned why the registrar, Richard Mubiru had decided to put aside …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A boda-boda rider is nursing wounds at Kiruddu hospital after setting himself on fire at Kireka police station in Wakiso district following a failed attempt to recover his impounded motorcycle.  Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said that Emmanuel Kabanda tried to end his life by setting …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police have used teargas to disperse rowdy voters from four polling stations in Soroti East division during the NRM party primary elections. The affected polling stations are Kikandani, Acip, TesoIn and Moruapesur. The angry voters said to be supporters of John Robert Esaru, one of …

Lamwo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudanese authorities have handed back eight head of cattle looted by cattle rustlers from local farmers in the Northern Uganda District of Lamwo. A five-member delegation of security personnel from South Sudan’s Torit state accompanied by political and cultural leaders handed the animals to …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Environmental police are on the spot after 8 of their officers were arrested for escorting trucks transporting illegal charcoal from Amuru district en-route to Kampala. The officers were arrested at Olwal trading centre, Lamogi sub-county Amuru district escorting three trucks registration numbers UBD 366G, UAZ …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A panel of three Judges of the East African Court of Justice hearing the case in which a Ugandan lawyer Steven Kalali sued Rwanda for closing its borders has questioned the honesty of Rwanda’s government. This came after the Attorney General of Rwanda who was …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The election of National Resistance Movement -NRM mayoral candidates in Nakawa Mayor turned chaotic in Ntinda as several voters kept moving from one polling station to another. The elections that started at 11;00 am attracted largely organised groups of people who lined up to vote …

Ntungamo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Ntungamo police have arrested 400 people believed to have been ferried into the municipality to participate in the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primary elections. The suspects were picked up in an operation that was conducted on Sunday night and this morning in different parts of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Public health practitioner Prof. Freddie Sengooba has urged the Ministry of Health (MOH) to review and stop the protocol that they are currently using to bury people who succumb to COVID-19. He said they have borrowed the approach of Ebola hemorrhagic fever which presents differently …