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Police teargas truck knocks boda-boda cyclist dead

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A boda-boda cyclist was on Wednesday knocked to death by a speeding numberless teargas police truck at Nakawa traffic lights. Witnesses said the cyclist who was identified as Eric Muyinza was crossing the traffic lights when the truck abruptly rammed into him. Patrick Onyango, …

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Truck drivers banned from stopovers in Kumi

Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kumi district taskforce for COVID-19 has banned stopovers of all cargo truck drivers in the district. The municipality is a transit route for long-distance trucks including fuel tanks destined for South Sudan, Kenya and other areas. Kumi Municipality Mayor, Richard Ochom says that more …

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Jinja RDC Eric Sakwa granted bail

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Resident District Commissioner Erick Sakwa has been released on bail. Sakwa alongside and two others were charged with three counts of manslaughter, theft and malicious damage, stemming from the death of one Charles Isanga, a trader from Lwanda village in Mafubira sub county, …

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DJ Nimrod arrested over food distribution

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Renowned city Disc Jockey-DJ Nimrod Nabeeta is in trouble for distributing food in violation of the presidential directive that all relief is handed to the National Covid19 Task Force. The Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango says Nimrod was picked up by a joint …

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Vegetable farmers in Kitgum cash in amidst Covid-19 lockdown

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vegetable farmers in Kitgum district have remained relevant in business despite the COVID-19 lockdown. The government declared a national lockdown nearly a month ago as one of the measures to curb the spread of the virus. In Manwoko village, Labongo Amida sub-county, more than …

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Having COVID-19 during pregnancy was scary- Recovered mother

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joan Nambooze was 9-months pregnant when she was diagnosed with the coronavirus –Covid-19. She is believed to have contracted the virus from her husband Francis Mugenyi who returned to Uganda from the United Arab Emirates on March 22 through Entebbe International Airport. Nambooze was …

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Physical distancing: Judge expels dozens from Court premises

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Andrew Bashaija, the head of Civil Division of High Court ejected several people from the court premises this morning for violating the physical distancing guidelines. Dozens of people had turned up at the Twed Tower based court in Kampala to listen to four …

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