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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale police are holding 14 people for holding prayers in a forest in violation of the presidential ban on congregational prayers and any kind of gathering. Some of the suspects are Ruth Twebaze, Prudence Rosette, Naome Nahwera, Mercy Orishaba, Sheila Owomugisha, Grace Ninsima, Mary …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso Resident District Commissioner-RDC, Rose Kirabira is under fire from LC 1 chairpersons in Masuuliita town council and Masuuliita sub county for rejecting food relief donated by Eng. Hussein Bukenya. The relief food comprising a truck of bananas and two cows was scheduled for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has approved 1.4 trillion shillings to rehabilitate the 215 kilometres Malaba-Kampala meter-gauge railway line. President Museveni in his address to the nation emphasized the need to rehabilitate the old railway network especially following the numerous cases of COVID-19 among the truck drivers. Museveni …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has said only a limited number of people will be allowed to bury departed Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Kasirye Gwanga. “Burial will take place on Friday June 12, 2020 10.00Hrs, at Nkene Village, Busujju County in Mityana District. It will …

Kampala, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  High Court Civil Division has ordered Major General Elly Kayanja to pay businessman, Gerald Batte Shillings 255 million arising from a bogus land deal. Justice Lydia Mugambe issued the orders on Wednesday in her judgment on an application filed by Batte against Gen. Kayanja. …

Lwengo, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Several residents affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project in Lwengo Town Council, Lwengo rural and Ndagwe sub-county have lost patience and returned to the demarcated areas to cultivate crops. The decision partly stems from the delayed compensation of the affected …

Kampala, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A man who has been impersonating as an employee of the Uganda Revenue Authority has been arrested.  Boaz Nkurunziza, who has been on police’s wanted list for eight months was after a businessman, Godfrey Kyanda, opened a case at Old Kampala accusing him and …

Kampala, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of Parliament have asked the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to revise downwards, the 150 billion Shillings reportedly needed for reopening the Airport. The authority says that it needs up to 150 billion Shillings to cover the recurrent wage bill and sustained operations, port health …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday tasked officials from Mbale Regional Referral Hospital to explain the delayed completion of the surgical complex. Construction of the complex started in 2016 and was supposed to end in September this year. It however stalled for 2 …

Kampala, Uganda| AFP |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ambassador Christopher Onyanga Aparr, Uganda’s Head of Mission and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organizations, has died. According to Adonia Ayebare, the Permanent Representative to the UN, Aparr passed on today in Geneva. The cause of his death has not been …