Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Northern Regional Coordinator for the National Unity Platform (NUP), Tonny Olanya Olenge has distanced himself from being part of a gang that attacked the party`s office in Gulu City. On Monday morning rowdy youths and a section of some disgruntled NUP party coordinators …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 2,191 people have been recruited into the Special Police Constables- SPCs from the Acholi Sub Region. In October, the Uganda Police Force announced the recruitment for 50,000 SPCs to guard the polling centres. The exercise was to be spearheaded by Regional Police Commander -RPCs. The …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parts of Gulu city were covered in Teargas on Wednesday as police battled supporters of Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu. Kyagulanyi, the head of the National Unity Platform was scheduled to hold a campaign meeting at Awere Playgrounds in Layibi-Bardege division. He arrived in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A prospective Probation Police Constable – SPC recruit collapsed to death in Amuru district on Saturday while participating in a physical fitness exercise. Morris Odoch was participating in the rigorous drills alongside other shortlisted candidates in Amuru town council as a prerequisite for joining the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum police are pursuing the proprietor of a drinking joint for her alleged murder of her client following a disagreement over Shillings 500. The incident reportedly occurred at Lapok-Moo trading centre in Lacen Otinga village, Akara parish in Mucwini sub county on Wednesday evening. …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There were clashes between Police and about 30 suspected street goons in Gulu City on Thursday morning. The clashes occurred around L.A Bar hangout in Layibi-Go Down, Lacakwitte Sub-Ward in West Division around 10 am. The unruly group traded lethal blows and kicks with …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Amuru district have arrested four people for illegal possession of a firearm. Patrick Jimmy Okema the Aswa river region police spokesperson identified the suspects as Lemi Chris-33, a resident of Wakiso district and Kiir Angelo-34, a South Sudanese from Juba who …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Aswa region has said that the sudden fire that caught a Parliament bus that was transporting COVID-19 patients on Thursday was instigated by a jam in the braking system. The Scania bus registration number UG-0391H, attached to the Ministry of Health was …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-five Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) patients who were aboard the burnt Parliament bus destined for Kampala have been admitted for treatment at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. The patients from Kitgum District had been denied admission at the referral treatment unit on Monday due to space limitations. …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of youths in Palabek Ogili Sub County in Lamwo district rose up in arms against Electoral Commission officials in the area on Monday for alleged failure to issue them with nomination forms for the sub-county youth committee elections scheduled for today. The rowdy …
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