Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | New Arua City Sam Wadri Nyakua has promised to deal with tribal and religious conflicts in the area. Nyakua, the former LCV Chairman of Arua District won the Mayoral seat with 13, 600 votes against his closest rival Isa Kato who obtained over 13,400 votes. …
Read More »Arua high court circuit overwhelmed with case backlog
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua High Court Circuit comprising of 6 Magisterial Areas in West Nile has been overwhelmed with backlog of cases. The cases mainly comprising of Civil, Criminal, Land and Miscellaneous causes accumulated within the COVID-19 lockdown period that started in March 2020. According to reports presented …
Read More »Court dismisses petition, orders EC to pay Terego West MP loser UGX 50M
Terego, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua Chief Magistrate’s Court has dismissed an application filed by Moses Angundru, the loser in the Terego West Parliamentary elections for a vote recount and directed the electoral commission to compensate him Shillings 50 million. Moses Angundru, who ran as an independent and lost to …
Read More »High court issues interim order halting UGX 20 billion road project in Arua
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has issued an interim order stopping construction of School and Adroa roads under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development-USMID Program in Arua municipality. The two roads valued at Shillings 20 Billion measuring 2.8 kilometers were handed over to China Seventh Group Construction …
Read More »MP Zaake granted bail, re-arrested
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake Butebi has been granted bail and later re-arrested. Zaake was intercepted last night at around Clock Tower while on his way home. The arrest conducted by plain-clothed police officers follows failure by the MP to report for a …
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