Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The family of three people who were knocked by the lead car of the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga’s convoy in Fort Portal Tourism City are demanding for compensation. The accident happened on August 3 at Boma as the three were riding on a …
Read More »UGX 500m maternity ward commissioned in Kitgum municipality
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum Municipal Council has commissioned the newly constructed modern Maternity block at Pandwong Health Center III in Pandwong Division. The facility constructed at a tune of 513 Million Shillings was handed over by the contractor, 3MS Investment Ltd on Tuesday. The health facility also comprises …
Read More »Kavuya family repatriation case file sent back to lower court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has returned a file in which a Soroti based lawyer Leonard Otee is pursuing the prosecution of Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa over the repatriation of Businessman Ben Kabuya’s family during the COVID-19 lockdown. Three members of Kavuya’s family travelled …
Read More »UN honors Ugandan troops for serving in volatile Somalia
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has honored 600 Ugandan troops guarding UN facilities and personnel in volatile Somalia. Lt. Col. Deo Akiiki, deputy Ugandan military spokesman tweeted that the troops, serving under the sixth United Nations Guard Unit in Somalia received medals from Guterres. “The …
Read More »Boat accident at Kiira dam, body of five year old Amirror retrieved
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police and UPDF in Kiira region have retrieved the body of five year old Amirror Alwi who drowned in River Nile on Sunday. The body was retrieved by a joint team of UPDF and police marine units from former Bujjagali falls in Budondo sub county, …
Read More »Makerere asks willing students to start internship
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University management has revived plans to send students for internship, field attachments, and recess during the ongoing lockdown. The university had prematurely called off the internships in July amidst concerns from some sections of the public on the timing of the program which …
Read More »We shall not close MP Tayebwa’s assault case -Police
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala has vowed not to close Ruhinda North MP Thomas Tayebwa’s assault file until he shows up to record a statement. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson told URN that they have been waiting for Tayebwa to record a statement in …
Read More »NRM to disqualify candidates involved in violence
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Tanga Odoi, the chairperson of the NRM Electoral Commission has said that candidates involved in election violence risk being disqualified from the party primaries. Speaking to journalists at the NRM Electoral Commission at Plot 13 Kyadondo road in Kampala on Tuesday, Odoi said …
Read More »DP to fund flag-bearers posters, nomination fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party (DP) President Norbert Mao has announced that the party will meet the nomination fees for all its flag bearers and also print campaign posters for them. But there is a catch. DP secretary general Gerald Siranda says that anybody who will be …
Read More »KCCA executive committee opposes charges for COVID-19 tests
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Committee of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has opposed a move by the government to start charging for COVID-19 tests. The Ministry of Health indicated last week that truck drivers, people in need of knowing their COVID-19 status, government and public organizations, Ugandans …
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