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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipal Council authorities have resorted to security to recover the funds disbursed under the Youth Livelihood Project (YLP) and Uganda Women Empowerment Programme (UWEP). The Municipal Council received over Shillings 1.3 billion, which was distributed to different beneficiary groups as part of these …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipality Health Director Dr Anthony Kkonde is on the spot for taking over land that was housing the District Community Youth Centre. The centre, gazetted in the early 90s, houses Kyaggwe Social Centre, a resource facility which was established in 1995, with funding donated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Absa Bank Uganda and AFRIpads have handed over more than 1,200 reusable sanitary pad kits to school girls from Mukono High School to empower them to remain in school. The donation is in response to the need for quality and consistent menstrual products that enable …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, has criticized Christians in the Luwero Anglican diocese for suing him over the nullification of Rev. Canon Godfrey Kasana Ssemakula’s election as their fourth bishop. A group of Christians led by David …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Close to 300 students at Nakanyonyi School Secondary School in Mukono district are battling for their lives due to suspected poisoning. The students are suspected to have eaten food laced with poison Thursday afternoon. According to our reporter in Mukono, the students developed complications …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teopista Nakabiri, the head teacher of New Hope for Africa Nursery and Primary School in Mukono district, has been suspended by the school’s directors under unclear circumstances. The government posted Nakabiri to the school in July last year to improve its performance and resolve …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 35 people have been arrested in Kyetume parish, Mukono District following a wave of crime in the area. The suspects whose names have not been disclosed are accused of waylaying residents and robbing them. The arrests followed an incident on Friday when Dan Mbogo, a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda in partnership with Uganda Small Scale Industries Association donated equipment including a bread mixer, baking table, baking raw materials, computers, and internet connectivity for a year worth Ugx10 million to Mulungi Confectionary and Skilling Center in Mukono District. This donation is part of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Reverend Canon Kezekiah Kalule, the former Archdeacon of Luteete Archdeaconry in Luwero Diocese, has been acquitted of defilement charges after a lengthy five-year trial. In 2018, Rev. Canon Kalule was arrested on charges of defiling a sixteen-year-old girl who was under his custody. He …

  Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda in partnership with Uganda Small Scale Industries Association has donated equipment including a bread mixer, baking table, baking raw materials, computers, and internet connectivity for a year worth Shs10 million to Mulungi Confectionary and Skilling Center in Mukono District. This donation …