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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has arrested one of its own accused of shooting dead a senior ranking officer and injuring another in Nakasongola military barracks. The suspect is Lance Corporal Max Omutojo. He was picked up on Sunday night for allegedly shooting dead a …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fr. Lazarus Ejoyi, the former Kijomoro Parish priest in Arua district is nursing a broken arm and swollen buttocks he reportedly sustained in an attack by Monsignor Kasto Adeti, the Vicar General of Arua Diocese. According to Fr. Lazarus Ejoyi, he was talking with his …

Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have been killed by floods in Isingiro district. The floods that followed a heavy downpour on Saturday morning also displaced more than one hundred people. The deceased have been identified as Kyarikunda Asiimire 15 a resident of Rubagano cell Kagaara parish Kabuyanda …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Majority of the cows in Bududa district will miss out on the Foot and Mouth Disease vaccination. The District Production Officer Dr. Felix Odong says they have only received 5000 doses from the Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Ministry yet the district has more …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans were charged high prices for goods and services in April compared to what they spent in March, a survey by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has said. UBOS’ Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April 2020, which measures what Ugandans pay for various goods …

Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Iganga municipality Member of Parliament, Peter Mugema alias Panadol has faulted Eva Kwesiga, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC), for intentionally rejecting his relief food. His statement comes after residents grabbed the relief food which he was meant to deliver to the COVID-19 taskforce …

Kisoro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A decline in the number of patients turning up to pick their Antiretroviral Drugs – ARVs in Kisoro district during the COVID-19 lockdown is worrying health officials.  The health officials say that after the lockdown was imposed in March, most patients have failed to make …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A joint investigations team from State House Anti-Corruption Unit – SHACU and Criminal Investigations Directorate – CID have arrested Wakiso police station Officer in Charge – OC on allegations of protecting a murder suspect. Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson, Patrick Onyango said Assistant Superintendent of Police …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Regional Referral Hospital is holding a Kenyan truck driver in it’s COVID-19 isolation center. The driver is said to have entered into the country through the Malaba border and proceeded to South Sudan. He was reportedly picked from Tororo district on Saturday by …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Human Rights Network for Journalists -Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) has today castigated individuals who commit acts of aggression against journalists, saying it is an affront to press freedom.   In its statement to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day, HRNJ notes that despite the critical role …