Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Court Process servers have sued the Officer in charge of the Criminal Investigations Department of Police at Namutumba Police Station Stella Nankunda accusing her of illegal detention. A court process server delivers and serves legal documents such as summons to parties to a case. …
Read More »Advocacy through art
Namutumba, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | In a bid to continue spreading the message about teenage pregnancies and sexual violence against children, ActionAid International Uganda embarked on a one-week campaign in Namutumba where they did painting and art in schools with messages of advocacy. Immaculate Awori, the programmes officer at ActionAid in Eastern …
Read More »Namutumba man arrested over life threatening leaflets
Namutumba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga East police are holding a man accused of dropping leaflets in the community with threatening messages in Namutumba district. The suspect is Ronald Nantamu, a resident of Mawundo village in Namutumba sub-county. He was arrested on Easter Sunday for dropping leaflets with messages directing …
Read More »Maize dealers ask gov’t for training on proper storage
Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maize produce dealers from the districts of Namutumba and Bugweri have asked government to skill them on proper storage techniques which they say will enable them to trade in quality grain within the local and regional markets. Their call comes just a few days …
Read More »Prison confirms first coronavirus case
Namutumba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Services has recorded its first coronavirus case in Kayiti prison, Namutumba district. Addressing a daily security briefing at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Frank Baine, the spokesperson of Prisons said that the case is a suspect who had previously had contact …
Read More »Dozens feared dead after taxi flattened in collision with YY bus
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens are feared dead after a head-on collision between a YY Coaches bus UAY 852F and a taxi UAV 689X on Tirinyi road Sunday afternoon. The accident occurred around 6.40 pm, at Bukonte village, (located 5 kms from Namutumba and 25 kms from Iganga), along the …
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