Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Reformed youth leaders in Jinja city have asked the government to empower them so as to lead decent lives. The reformed youth leaders told Jinja city officers at Walukuba community grounds on Saturday that most of their members came to towns as street children, grew …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region on Monday confirmed the arrest of 30 machete wielding men, whom they accused of terrorizing residents in the different parts of Jinja city. The suspects were arrested on 4th and 5th February, 2023 following a public outcry over increasing cases of insecurity …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unidentified gunmen have picked up three children of Musisi Kibugujju, the Jinja City Southern division National Unity Platform-NUP coordinator. According to Musisi, the plain-clothed gunmen forced their way into his home in Masese I village on Sunday and ordered his family members including eight children …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board-DAPCB, have expressed dissatisfaction over some powerful businessmen, whom they accuse of conniving with local authorities to grab former Asians property within Jinja city. Speaking at a locus visit presided over by Lady Justice Faridah Bukirwa at plot …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Daniel Ongadia, a resident of Bugembe ward in Jinja City Northern division is behind bars for masquerading as a UPDF officer and robbing money from unsuspecting civilians. He was picked during impromptu police patrols in Bugembe, following a tip-off from concerned residents that he …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | James Peter Sculley, 68, an Australian missionary has died in a public toilet in Jinja city. The incident occurred on Thursday along Kutch road in Jinja City’s Southern Division. It is alleged that the attendant got concerned when the missionary spent about 15 minutes in the …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The week started on a chaotic note on highways in the Busoga sub-region as rowdy youth went about erecting barricades to block traffic from moving in either direction. Sections of youths on Monday started by blocking major highways linking surrounding districts to Jinja city, as …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have burst a racket of fake cement dealers in Jinja city and its surroundings, and arrested the ring leader Abdul Kyewalyanga. He was arrested Tuesday morning at a construction site along Clive road in Jinja City Southern division. Police also recovered 20 bags of fake …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region has intensified the search for Shaban Malore’s killers, with the arrest of his seven brothers on Monday bringing the total number of those arrested to ten. The suspects are being detained at different police stations within Jinja city. Malore was shot …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira region police are holding 24-year-old James Muwanguzi, a resident pastor of Life in God International Ministries church in Jinja City Northern division for masterminding the trafficking and defilement of girls from different districts in Eastern Uganda. He was arrested on Wednesday morning when officers …
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