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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lightning struck Mother Gives Nursery and Primary School in Kasese district killing two children and injuring others. The thunderbolt struck the school found in Kihungamiyagha in Kyarumba sub county on Monday evening. The school management has identified the deceased as Janet Mbambu,15, a primary four …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono municipal authorities have finally handed over the management of Mukono General Hospital to the district leadership. The municipality has been holding onto the hospital since its elevation from health center IV in 2019 to a general hospital. The then Mukono Town Clerk, Richard K …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Plain clothed operatives have detained satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, moments after he was granted bail. Kakwenza, at Kitalya, had been released by Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate Douglas Singiza on a cash bail of 500,000 Shillings. His four sureties executed none cash bond of 10 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi wants Entebbe Chief Magistrate Juliet Nakitende, to cancel Pastor Aloysius Bujjingo’s bail. Mabirizi says Section 221 of the Magistrate’s Courts Act provides for a “Chief Magistrate to call for and examine the record of any proceedings before a Magistrate’s Court for the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Maj Gen James Birungi, as the new commander of Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI). He replaces Maj Gen Abel Kandiho, who was last year sanctioned by the United States government over human rights abuses. The UPDF spokesperson, Lt Col Ronald Kakurungu …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Budget has decided to stay allocations to ‘Operation Shujaa’, a code name for the Uganda People’s Defense Forces campaign against the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in Congo, until the legislature is apprised of the operation. The Ministry of Defense had asked for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Works and Transport Minister Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, is pushing for stringent bylaws against poor garbage disposal in urban councils to safeguard road infrastructure from destruction. Katumba is concerned that several roads are spoilt shortly after their construction, largely due to unbecoming social behaviour in …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has lifted the animal quarantine restrictions in Gulu and Nwoya districts. The ministry imposed a quarantine in Nwoya and Gulu districts in July and September last year respectively following the outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Satirical novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija has been granted bail. Kakwenza was arrested on  December 28, 2021, from his home in Kisaasi, a Kampala suburb and held incommunicado until January 11, 2022, when he was produced in court on two cases of offensive communication. According to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Most Rev. Dr. Paul Ssemogerere has officially taken over as the new Archbishop of Kampala replacing the late Archbishop Kizito Lwanga who died last year. Several Archbishops, Bishops, priests, nuns, special guests, and hundreds of Christians witnessed his installation this morning in the fully packed …