Tag Archives: Woman

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The army and police have arrested a 38-year old woman Harriet Nasuuna, who claims she is a jobs recruitment agent employed by a Senior Three student, William Mugenyi 18. The jobs are said to be in Kenya. Nasuuna had so far recruited 179 youths from …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Arua city are holding a woman on murder charges after she allegedly hit her husband to death using a saucepan in domestic brawl. Mary Asianzu Racheal, 30, allegedly murdered her husband identified as Rogers Mundua aged 35 years and a resident a …

Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga North, is holding a woman, whose identity have been withheld over the death of Cpl George Isabirye, the officer in charge of Nakabugu police station, in Bulongo sub county, in Luuka district. The suspect is currently detained at Luuka central police station, …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua district have in their custody a 22- year old woman who gave birth to a baby boy and allegedly dumped it in the neighbor’s pit latrine. The suspect identified as Janet Drateru is a resident of Yivu-East village, Tilevu Parish, Vurra Sub …

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 …

Samia Hassan Suluhu becomes first woman president in traditional East Africa ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES  | As stipulated in the Tanzanian constitution, Vice President Samia Hassan Suluhu was on March 18 sworn in as the country’s 6th President following the death of John Pombe Magufuli on March 17. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 22-year-old female fan of the hit TV show “The Vampire Diaries” who considered herself the real-life vampire heroine Elena Gilbert was recently sentenced to two and a half years in prison after stabbing a man that she allegedly considered a werewolf. The bizarre attack …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A young university student who ate only instant noodles for three weeks straight in order to save money for Singles Day – China’s version of Black Friday – ended spending all of her savings on medical bills after her unusual diet made her sick. Instant …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The body of a young Ugandan woman who died in Oman early last month has finally been laid to rest at her ancestral home in Rukungiri district. The 22-year-old Shivan Kihembo died in Oman on October 05th, 2018 where he had gone to work as …

Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E. NANTABA | Margaret Nakato Kisitu loves hair, especially natural African hair. And she has turned her passion into one of the leading hair styling businesses in Uganda. Together with her twin sister; Maria Babirye, she runs Afros and Mo, a top beauty parlour in Kampala city. …