Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security forces killed 85 Karimojong cattle rustlers during disarmament operations in Karamoja region last year. Michael Longole, the Karamoja Regional police spokesperson says the security forces gunned down the rustlers in different clashes and ambushes between January and December 2021. He also revealed that …
Read More »Uganda Airlines faces turbulence soon after take off
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines, like many of its counterparts in the region will have to cater for two new challenges. That is, the ban on flights by destination markets as well as the plans by bigger and older airlines to re-dominate the market. Less than three months …
Read More »Three killed in Kasese boda boda accident
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people died on the spot in an accident along Kilembe road in Base Camp Ward, Kasese municipality on Sunday resulting from a head-on collision involving two boda boda riders. Eyewitness blamed the incident on reckless riding on the part of both riders. The deceased …
Read More »Suspect commits suicide in Bukedea police cells
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A murder suspect has allegedly committed suicide inside Bukedea police cells and the other died under mysterious circumstances in a search with the police. The two were suspects in the murder of Francis Opolot that occurred on Christmas in Akunyuko village, Kachumbala sub county in …
Read More »LOP pledges on better researched debate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in Parliament will debate from a better researched and informed point of view going forward, their leader pledged. Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of the Opposition (LOP) and also Nyendo-Mukungwe Division MP, was speaking at a dinner he hosted for his Cabinet and the …
Read More »Police investigates dropped leaflets in Hoima
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Hoima have heightened security after leaflets were dropped in different parts of Kyabigambire sub county. The leaflets were dropped by unknown people calling themselves members of the Bijambya group. They were found in the villages of Kisabagwa, Bugandale, Kasunga, Bineneza, Mparangasi, …
Read More »20 years on, euro has yet to tap its int’l potential
Frankfurt, Germany | Xinhua | The euro, a currency shared by 19 European countries, has won overwhelming support among the 340 million Europeans since it went into circulation 20 years ago. The idea of a single currency for Europe, which originated in 1970 when policy makers in Europe hoped to achieve …
Read More »Sudan’s transitional Sovereign Council denounces violence in mass protests
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s transitional Sovereign Council on Friday denounced violence in Thursday’s mass protests, which led to the deaths of four protesters and injuries of hundreds of others. The council ordered authorities concerned to take all legal and military measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents, and ensure …
Read More »Priest castigates courts for denying suspects bail
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fr Joseph Kimbugwe of Namugongo Martyrs Catholic Parish has castigated courts over denying suspects bail. In his end of year sermon inside Namugongo Basilica, Kimbugwe cited an example of an MP who was recently granted bail by one court but denied by another court, which …
Read More »Rodri scores late to hand City victory over Arsenal
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rodri struck a stoppage-time winner to give Manchester City an 11th successive Premier League victory as the leaders came from behind to beat Arsenal’s battling 10 men. In an entertaining start, a glancing header from City’s Ruben Dias dropped just wide before Gabriel Martinelli’s shot …
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