Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have clarified that Nigerian forward Abubakar Lawal, who plies his trade with Uganda Premier League side Vipers Sports Club, died after falling from a building, and not in a traffic accident as earlier reported. The 29-year-old Lawal, who played a pivotal part for SC Vipers, …
Read More »Nigerian footballer Lawal dies in road accident in Uganda
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Nigerian forward Abubakar Lawal, who plies his trade with Uganda Premier League side Vipers Sports Club, died in a traffic accident in Uganda on Monday. The 29-year-old Lawal was reportedly heading to the club’s training ground at St. Mary’s Stadium in Entebbe, Central Region of …
Read More »POLICE: Driver doses on wheel of Fuso, crashes Musilamu at Wanyange
Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person was killed on the spot in the wee hours of Monday morning when a Fuso truck registration number KDB 015U veered off the road at Wanyange mile 5 along Jinja- Iganga highway. The truck crashed into taxi number UAT 238L killing 28-year-old Mwere Salim, also …
Read More »MUKONO ACCIDENT: Sena Factory worker crushed by fork lifter
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A second worker has died at Sena Factory Limited in Kasenge B Village, Mbalala Parish, Mukono District. Mesarch Obba, 18, died on Friday after he was crushed by a fork lifter which went out of the operator’s control. Obba becomes the second worker in four …
Read More »Beauty queen to gun for Youth MP slot in Northern Uganda
Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Miss Tourism Uganda 2017 winner, Challa Elma Kapel, 27, has announced she will contest for elections to become youth MP Northern Uganda in the next general elections. Kapel will run under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket, and says she is confident the competitiveness …
Read More »Judge Douglas Singiza dismisses Besigye and Lutaale’s application for release
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application by Retired Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye and his co-accused, Obeid Lutaale, seeking release from prison following the Supreme Court’s decision banning the trial of civilians in military courts. In his ruling on Monday, High Court Judge …
Read More »Widow awarded sh60million by UHRC for 2004 UPDF murder of her husband
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Human Rights Tribunal sitting in Soroti has awarded sh60 million to Phylis Chepkwemoi, a widow to Gilbert Cherotwo who was tortured to death by the Uganda People’s Defense Force- UPDF soldiers in 2004. Chepkwemoi, a resident of Kapsiywo Village, Chapkwasta Sub County in Bukwo …
Read More »Magistrate Ronald Kayizzi issues warrant of arrest for ULS boss Ssemakadde
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates’ Court has issued a warrant of arrest against the Uganda Law Society (ULS) President Isaac Ssemakadde on charges of insulting the modesty of a woman, particularly the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Jane Frances Abodo. The warrant of arrest …
Read More »Uganda Breweries donates investments worth shs30m to empower Luzira youth and women
Port Bell, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Breweries has today donated items worth UGX 30M to the Luzira Youth and Women community. The donation includes 400 plastic chairs, 10 tables, 2 portable mini-sound systems, and 4-fifty-seater tents which will serve as revenue-generating assets through hire towards community development initiatives. …
Read More »Installation of oil press machine in Agago stalls over USAID funding suspension
Santa Akello, a farmer in Lapono, said the machine had given them hope that they would eliminate the expense of transporting their sunflower produce to Lira, about 109 kilometres away, for processing. Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of farmers in Agago district are worried about the possibility of …
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