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Unidentified youths drop petrol bombs, leaflets in Jinja city

Jinja , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Jinja Police are investigating the circumstances under, which unidentified people dropped leaflets and petrol bombs along different streets in Southern division on Tuesday afternoon.  The suspects who were dressed in hoods and masks are said to have dropped the leaflets and petrol bombs along …

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Kiira RPC impersonator arrested

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Police in the Kiira region has arrested a 39- year old man for allegedly impersonating the Kiira Region Police Commander, Dauda Hiriga.  Gabriel Mukiibi, a resident of Wakitaka cell in Northern Division, Jinja City was arrested from his hideout in Wakitaka cell on Tuesday …

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Baba FM switched off ahead of Jinja results declaration

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Baba FM radio station was on Thursday night switched off ahead of the declaration of results for the Jinja City Mayoral race. The station has consistently been updating  the public on the events that were transpiring at the tally centre since Wednesday, when polls were …

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Security guard shot dead in Jinja

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   A security guard at Crested Crane Hotel in Jinja City has been shot dead.  The incident happened on Wednesday night at 9:30 pm at the hotel’s new site under construction located along Nalufenya Road.   The guard only identified as Mawa and attached to Hash …

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Deeply indebted man, 35, found hanging dead

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  35 year old Baligasima Wambi, a resident of Idogolo village in Northern division, Jinja city is suspected to have committed suicide by strangulation over accumulated debts from money lenders. The deceased’s lifeless body was retrieved behind his house, where it was hanging on a guava …

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NUP coordinator accuses police of torture

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP party Women coordinator in Jinja city, Manjeri Kyebakutika is accusing police of torturing her following her arrest on Sunday evening. Kyebakutika was picked up while journalists shortly after attending the Kyabazinga’s coronation anniversary at Igenge palace.    She was reportedly accused …

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Private security guard on the run after torturing his son

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Kiira region is hunting for Yasin Wandera, a private guard who allegedly battered his Seven-year-old son Halid Mwima, and broke his left thigh bone.  Mwima, a resident of Lwanda village in Northern division, Jinja city is currently nursing wounds at Jinja regional referral …

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