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Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security on Thursday burst an Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) training center in Luweero district. The ADF is an affiliate of the Islamic State in central Africa and is also blamed for the bombings in the Ugandan capital Kampala last November that left six people dead …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Detectives at the Land Protection Police Unit (LPPU) have preferred three charges against an 80-year-old man arrested for fraudulently selling more than 500 acres of land in Nakasongola and Luweero districts. Guster Muwanga was arrested a fortnight ago following a complaint from four people …

  Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has been confirmed dead and seven others injured when a FUSO Truck Registration Number UBE-042A lost control and rammed into the offices of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation in Luweero district. The truck, loaded with Bricks swerved off the Luweero-Kiwoko …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three passengers have been confirmed dead and four others critically injured when a trailer rammed into a taxi in Luweero district.  The accident occurred at Kakinzi village in Luweero district along the Kampala-Gulu highway yesterday evening. It involved a Kampala bound trailer registration number T141 …

  Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Luweero district have asked the Catholic Diocese of Kasana-Luweero to take over the failed pineapple processing plant. In February 2008, pineapple farmers in Luweero under the Natural Uganda Cooperative Society Limited petitioned President Museveni demanding a processing plant to add value to …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Luweero Chief Magistrate Court has remanded to prison the district vice chairperson of National Resistance Movement party for allegedly stealing funds meant for flagbearers. Zenar Nasur, the Luweero district NRM vice chairperson appeared before Luweero Chief Magistrate Samuel Munobe after spending a week in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One child has died and seven others from the same family in Luweero district are fighting for their lives after eating fast-foods suspected to have been laced with poison. The family also lost their house, that was torched on the same night. The victims …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement party is enjoying a tide in its favour as Special Interest Groups finalize arrangements to vote for representatives in Luweero district. Several candidates have sailed through the race unopposed while other councillor seats are contested by National Resistance Movement candidates giving …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders and residents of Bamunanika county in Luweero district have attributed the loss of the incumbent Member of Parliament and State Minister in Charge of Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo on his silence on key issues affecting the constituency. Muyingo lost in the just …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition leaders in Luweero district have expressed concerns over the delivery of election materials with broken seals. On Wednesday at 9:30 pm, the Electoral Commission delivered election materials for 471 polling stations for Luweero district to its offices located in Luweero town council ahead of …