Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people are in police custody in connection to the disappearance of an ambulance belonging to Arua Regional Referral Hospital. The Toyota Land Cruiser UG 6812M disappeared from the hospital parking yard on the night of Saturday, March 27th, 2021. However, the ambulance was reported …
Read More »Wild fire kills one and razes 100 homes in Moroto
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has destroyed a total of 100 homesteads in Nakapelimen villages of Nadunget town council in Moroto district. The fire which broke out on Sunday afternoon burnt to death a four year old child inside the house and left over 300 people homeless. Mr. Andrew …
Read More »Police in Moroto warn Kyagulanyi against processions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Moroto has warned the National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi against leading processions in the area. Kyagulanyi is set to campaign in Moroto district on Friday and is expected to address supporters at Naitakwae grounds where he will also unveil NUP …
Read More »Moroto hotel guests detained over missing police laptop
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have stormed City Friends Hotel in Moroto municipality and picked up all the lodgers following the theft of a laptop belonging to a senior police officer containing sensitive information. Heavily armed police officers stormed City Friends Hotel around 6:30 am on Thursday morning …
Read More »Covid 19 escapee handed over to Kenyan authorities- RDC
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Covid19 patient who escaped from isolation at Moroto Regional Referral Hospital has been traced and handed over to Kenyan authorities. The 42-year-old patient tested positive for Covid19 in Amudat day after entering Uganda from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. She was admitted at Moroto Regional Referral …
Read More »Two IGAD officials quarantined in Moroto
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two officials from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development-IGAD attached to East Africa have been quarantined in Moroto district. The two allegedly arrived in the country by road from Kenya through Nakabaat border post in Moroto district. They reportedly tried to sneak into Uganda on Monday …
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