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NAMUGANZA CENSURED: Only 5 of 356 MPs stand with her

348 vote to censure Minister Namuganza; MPs Loy Katali, Alioni Yorke Odria,  Moses Walyomu Muwanika and Mary Nakato Annet vote ‘NO’ to the motion Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament (MPs) on Monday overwhelmingly voted to censure Persis Princes Namuganza, Uganda’s State Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Development. She did …

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IGG: 52 CAOs arrested over corruption in 2022

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifty-two Chief Administrative officers were arrested by the Inspectorate of Government-IG last year, the Inspector General of Government, Beti Olive Kamya has revealed. She explained that the affected CAOs were interdicted and charged with among others embezzlement of funds, abuse of office, and utterance of …

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Nakasongola man arrested for killing wife, daughter

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Nakasongola district have arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife and daughter before he secretly buried them in a forest. Daniel Toyo of Kalungu village in Wabinyonyi sub-county has been arrested for killing his wife, Kate Acio alias Kisakye aged 24 years …

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KABALE: Town clerk, chairperson under probe over missing UGX 95million

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alex Ampeire, the town clerk of Ryakarimira town council in Kabale district, and LC3 Chairperson Enock Kazooba, are being investigated over missing Shillings 95.81 million. In December 2017, Ryakarimira town council received Shillings 60 million from the government through the Local government ministry to renovate …

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Woman jailed seven years for infecting step son with HIV

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Magistrate Court in Lira has sentenced a 27 year old woman to seven years in prison for intentionally infecting her five-year-old step son with HIV. Collin Odyek was arrested last year after she willingfully and intentionally, knowing that she is HIV positive, used …

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