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    Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Muslim  community in West Nile will next month witness the first ever grand inauguration of the regional Khadi Sheik Mahd  Rayhan Mahmud. In his early 40’s, Sheik Mahd was elected by the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC  to head the West Nile Muslim …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Meteorological Authority-UNMA has warned of unusually heavy rainfall over the next five days. The authority attributes the anticipated rains and recent downpours to the moist winds blowing from Indian Ocean and Congo forests. Recent rains have caused flooding, killed people and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Girls who have been raped or sexually assaulted are not demanding for Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) drugs. The drugs are taken after being potentially exposed to HIV to prevent becoming infected. Dr Daniel Byamukama who heads the HIV prevention division at the Uganda Aids Commission …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Kampala traders will on Tuesday march in protest of import rules by Uganda Revenue Authority-URA which they say has made it impossible for them to do business. The march, according to Kampala City Traders’ Association (Kacita) executive director Everest Kayondo, will involve clearing agents, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Road users’ satisfaction has improved across Uganda, according to the 2019 National Road Users’ Satisfaction Survey findings released this morning by the Uganda Road Fund. The National Survey gauged the satisfaction of road users in terms of road width, their safety, signage, markings, availability of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Harriet Nakyejjwe, the sister to murdered social worker, Maria Nagirinya, has revealed that she is being threatened for testifying against police officers. Nakyejjwe, who testified before the police court on Thursday, informed Court Chairman Senior Commissioner –SCP Dennis Odongpiny that one of the officers had …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A police constable Davis Taremwa has been charged with two counts of murder, over a shooting that claimed two lives along the Entebbe Expressway, last month. Taremwa appeared before the magistrate’s court in Entebbe yesterday afternoon. The court heard that on September 5, 2019, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda the Most Reverend Stanley Ntagali has presided over his last graduation ceremony as chancellor of Uganda Christian University – UCU. In a graduation ceremony that took place at the UCU Campus on Friday, 1156 students graduated in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Journalists covering the protests against the 15 percent tuition increment were on Friday ordered to delete footage of the arrest of students with disabilities. Both Police and the Military stormed the guild offices where student leaders largely students with disabilities were addressing the press …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Buganda Road Magistrates Court has ordered for the unconditional release of 46 Makerere University students who were arrested for protesting against 15 percent tuition increment. Court presided over by the Acting Chief Magistrate Robert Mukanza issued the order on Friday following an exparte application filed …