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Rukiga locals, leaders mourn Aponye’s passing

Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The community of Rukiga District is in mourning the untimely death of Apollo Nyegamehe alias Aponye. Nyegamehe, a prominent businessman and the incumbent district National Resistance Movement (NRM) party chairman. Aponye lost his life in a road crash in Itojo town council, Ntungamo district, along …

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Bukwo to mourn slain CAO for five days

Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Flags are flying at half-mast in Bukwo district following the death of the Chief Administrative Officer, Charles Ogwang who was gunned down on Friday last week. Unknown assailants shot Ogwang in Kiryowa village, a few kilometers from Matugga town council while driving his official vehicle …

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Lango religious leaders call for peaceful mourning of Oulanyah

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious leaders in Lango have called for peaceful mourning of the fallen Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. Oulanyah died on Sunday morning from Seattle in the United States of America. The leaders under their Religious Forum have asked the people of Uganda, Acholi sub-region, and …

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Mourners throng Gen. Paul Lokech’s home village

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of people in Pader district have continued flocking to the ancestral home of the former Deputy Inspector General of Police, Major General Paul Lokech to mourn his demise. The country woke up on Saturday to the news of Lokech’s death. According to police reports, …

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Mumbere asks court to allow him mourn mother

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rwenzururu King, Charles Wesley Mumbere has asked court to temporarily permit him travel to Kasese to perform cultural rituals following the death of his mother, Christine Biira Mukirania. The application by Omusinga of Rwenzururu will be handled tomorrow at 9:30am by Lady Justice Eva …

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