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Deputy Speaker Tayebwa prays for peace in Kenya

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has congratulated the people of Kenya for the recently concluded election and called for a peaceful post-election period. Kenyans went to the polls on 09 August 2022 amidst rising tension from the country that has in recent times been riddled …

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DP officials arrested for criminal trespass, inciting violence

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Old Kampala Police Division is holding eight members of the Democratic Party for attempting to force their way into the Democratic Party headquarters on Balintuma road in Kampala. Those arrested are Buikwe South MP Dr Michael Lulume Bayigga, Lubega Samson Mukaaku, Patrick Sekamatte, …

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Tororo district authorities gazette refugee centers ahead of Kenyan polls

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo district authorities have earmarked Oriyoi primary school in Morukatipe sub-county, and St. Jude primary school in Malaba town council as reception centers for refugees from Kenya in case tomorrow’s polls turn violent. According to Tororo district authorities, the chaotic 2007 Kenyan elections taught them a …

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Prison authorities fail to produce Ssegirinya in court

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The hearing of a case in which Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya is accused of inciting violence has failed to kick off after the prison authorities failed to produce him before the magistrate’s court as planned. Ssegirinya was expected before Grade One Magistrate Siena …

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Besigye, Mukaaku case adjourned to September 2nd

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Asuman Muhumuza has postponed the hearing of the case in which Dr. Kiza Besigye and Samuel Lubega Mukaaku are accused of inciting violence to 2nd September. Dr. Kiiza Besigye, the leader of the “red card front” and Samuel Lubega Mukaaku, …

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UN condemns fighting in South Sudan’s oil-rich state

Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | The United Nations on Wednesday condemned clashes between rebel forces and the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) in South Sudan’s northern oil-rich Unity State. Nicholas Haysom, the special representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan, called on the forces of Stephen Buay Rolnyang, the …

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Trucks pile at Elegu border following protests in South Sudan

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of trucks have piled up at Elegu border point in Elegu town council, Amuru district following violence that erupted across the South Sudan border town of Nimule on Monday. Traffic came to a standstill for the better part of Monday after angry locals staged …

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