Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 54-year-old woman is in pain at Kotido health center IV in Kotido district after a teargas canister shattered her leg. Santa Alanyo, a single mother of 4 children was hit by a teargas canister fired by police on Friday to disperse supporters of the …
Read More »BoU starts liquidation and winding up of Crane Bank Ltd
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda (BoU) has the started process for complete closure of Crane Bank Limited, a move that will see the defunct lender’s chapter closed for good. The Central Bank as a liquidator issued a statement on Friday. A liquidator is an officer or entity …
Read More »Ugandans losing confidence in judicial system – LASPNET
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans are losing confidence in the judicial system according to the Legal Aid Service Providers Network- LASPNET. Speaking at the launch of the Action Research on Status of Implementation of Justice in Uganda, Professor Christopher Mbaziira, a human rights researcher said findings in this research …
Read More »Tororo Broadcasting Network to go on air December 31, 2020
Kwar Adhola challenges Clan elders to spearhead radio project Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After a successful first virtual fundraising drive last weekend, the head of the committee finalizing the launch of the Tororo Broadcasting Network (TBN) is confident they will go on air on December 31, 2020. “We are set …
Read More »Over 900 school age going girls in Budaka district impregnated
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 942 girls in Budaka district got pregnant in the first three months of the lockdown, health officials have revealed. According to health officials in the district, a survey conducted between April and July in only four health facilities indicated that over 900 school-age …
Read More »Kamuli municipality MP Rehema Watongola has passed on
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kamuli Municipality MP, Hajat Rehema Watongola has succumbed to COVID-19 at Mulago National Referral Hospital. The deceased’s husband Badiru Watongola, who doubles as the Kamuli Municipality NRM chairperson told URN on phone that his wife breathed her last at around 11:30 am, Saturday morning. He …
Read More »Police disperse NUP campaign meeting in Bukomansimbi as NRM mobilizers defect
Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have broken up a campaign meeting organised by National Unity Platform-NUP parliamentary candidates in Bukomansimbi district. On Friday evening, NUP candidates for various political positions in Bukomansimbi organized a joint campaign rally at Kawoko playground in Butenga Sub County where they received several defectors …
Read More »Nurses give December ultimatum to strike over money again
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union has again threatened industrial action following their botched meeting to discuss their allowances on Thursday. Justus Cherop Kiplangat, the President of the Union says they went to the Ministry of Public Service to alert the Minister and Permanent Secretary about …
Read More »Nancy Kalembe pledges better roads for Tororo
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate, Nancy Kalembe has promised to improve the road network in Tororo District. Kalembe, who was campaigning at the Lions Park in Tororo town on Friday evening, told voters that she would concentrate on fixing the bad roads in the district that have …
Read More »KKT bus catches fire, burns to ashes
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Kampala bound coach belonging to KKT Bus Company from Paidha in Zombo district has caught fire and burnt to ashes. The bus registration number UAM 360M burst in flames on Friday afternoon near Agung trading center in Nwoya district reducing passenger’s property worth millions …
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