Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Self-styled vlogger Ibrahim Tusubira alias Isma Olaxes, also popularly known as Jaja Iculi and president of Ugandan bloggers was on Saturday night shot dead. Isma is said to have been attacked by an unknown gunman in Kyanja central zone, at around 9:20pm. The motive for …
Read More »3 children, 3 adults dead in U.S. elementary school shooting, shooter killed by police
Washington, USA | Xinhua | Three children and three adults died after a shooting at an elementary school in Nashville, the U.S. state of Tennessee, on Monday. The mass shooting was reported at the Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, on Monday morning. Don Aaron of the Metro Nashville …
Read More »Defilement suspect found dead in police cell
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 30-year-old man was on Friday found dead inside Mafubira Police Station Cells, Jinja City. Richard Bogere, a resident of Nsakabusolo cell, in the Southern Division, in Jinja City, was arrested on Friday for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl and locked up at Mafubira Police …
Read More »Security guard in Sheema shoots colleague dead
Sheema, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Sheema District are hunting for a private security guard who shot his colleague dead. The deceased identified as John Wakulira, 56, attached to Thunder world Security Services and a resident of Ndadile cell Kyetume sub county Mukono District. Martial Tumusiime the Greater Bushenyi …
Read More »LWAKHAKHA: 21 dead in Mbale-Nairobi bus accident
Lwakhakha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A road crash in Lwakhakha just across the border has claimed the lives of 21 people and left many more in critical condition. Majority are said to be Ugandans. Patrict Kitau, the District police commander Bungoma District in Kenya, says that the crash occurred around …
Read More »Sub county chief knocked dead in hit and run accident
Ngora, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Ngora district are looking for a driver who knocked dead the Sub County Chief of Kapir, John Stephen Olemunyang. He was knocked by a speeding car along Soroti- Mbale road on Saturday night when he was riding back home from Mukura trading center …
Read More »Missing woman found dead in swamp
Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have recovered the lifeless body of an elderly woman in Malongo sub-county in Mayuge district who went missing in July this year. The deceased is 78-year-old, Florence Nambozo, a resident of Wambette village, in Malongo sub-county. Children found Nambozo’s lifeless body dumped in the swamp …
Read More »🔵 BBC: QUEEN ELIZABETH II HAS DIED
London, UK |BBC | Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social …
Read More »RDC halts exhumation in Katabi over family wrangle
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Resident District Commissioner Entebbe, Jacqueline Kankunda, has halted the relocation of five graves from Katabi Town Council to Kasanje Town Council, Wakiso district. This stems from a request by Harriet Namubiru to exhume and relocate the graves of her father (Alimansi …
Read More »Maria Flo Hotel proprietor found dead in hotel
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A prominent businessman in Masaka City, Atanansi Bazzeketta is dead. Bazzeketta, the proprietor of Maria Flo Hotel, one of the traditional hotels Masaka town and the sub region was found dead in one of his hotels. Bazzeketta’s body was discovered on Saturday morning in …
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