Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened security deployment in the city center to quell anticipated unrest related to the Anti-UPDF Amendment Bill 2025. A joint security team comprising officers from the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Traffic Police, and Uganda Police Force — including the Field Force Unit, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT, URN & PARLIAMENT MEDIA | Parliament sits today for the second reading of The Political Parties and Organisations (Amendment) Bill, 2025; and The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) Bill, 2025. HERE BELOW are LIVE UPDATES 🟧 Leader of the Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi has led a walkout …
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The factory’s chief executive officer, revealed that they plan to invest sh45 million in purchasing local mangoes, with each kilogram priced at sh300 Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti Fruit Processing Factory has taken a significant step by purchasing and processing local mangoes from farmers in the Teso Sub-region …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local government leaders in Luwero district have asked for a special audience with President Yoweri Museveni during his upcoming PDM tour of the region, citing a need to raise long-standing, unfulfilled government pledges. Museveni is expected to tour districts in Greater Luwero beginning today, …
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Not all truth should be out there, warns Media Council boss ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | Images of an armoured personnel carrier (Mamba), a war machine, parked at a polling station during the most recent Kawempe North by-election and the beating up of journalists by soldiers of the Joint Anti-Terrorism Task …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The prosecution has filed fresh criminal charges against Godfrey Muwumuza , 43, a teacher from Kabojja Junior School, who is accused of sexually abusing one of his male pupils during a recent school tour. Muwumuza was arraigned before Buganda Road Court a fortnight ago on charges of attempted …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Soroti High Court has sentenced 34-year-old David Okello to 55 years in prison for the crimes of rape and simple robbery, in a judgment that the court says should serve as a stern warning to society. Soroti High Court Resident Judge Boniface Wamala, while …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of more than 1,000 women within the Kampala metropolitan area received training to enhance their employability and entrepreneurial skills through a partnership between Coca- Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU) and the KiBO Foundation. The project, called “Women Arise” is a skills training initiative focused …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Halima Wakabi Akbar, the Academic Registrar of the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), is facing scrutiny over alleged involvement in a phony degree scandal that has rocked the institution. Sources have informed Uganda Radio Network (URN) that the issue stems from the graduation …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | George Amanyire, a shamba boy at the Katanga family, has narrated a chilling ordeal to court, recalling that Henry Katanga’s widow, Molly Katanga, was crying out loudly as she was being battered by her husband. In his statement to the investigative team led by …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
