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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale Regional Referral Hospital has been battling blood shortage for the past three weeks exposing the lives of patients in need of blood transfusion to danger. Unconfirmed reports from the hospital show that 19 patients died last week within 72 hours, some due to lack …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mukono Municipality Member of Parliament Betty Nambooze Bakireke has blamed the recent invasion of her residence by unidentified machete thugs on the government failure to protect opposition politicians. According to Nambooze, despite appearing on a list of people marked for assassination, she has never …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While global research suggests that children with sickle cell disease in Africa are not at risk of getting a stroke, new research by a Mulago hospital based pediatrician shows otherwise. Dr. Deogratias Munube who has been working at the Mulago Sickle Cell Clinic for more …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Local Government Raphael Magyezi has asked Lira city not to evict Lira district authorities from the district headquarters. When Lira municipality was elevated to city status in 2020, it became autonomous and was no longer under Lira district. This also meant that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on National Economy has embarked on a tour of Uganda Inter-governmental Fiscal Transfer Reform (UgIFT) Programme funded seed secondary schools as a benchmark for approving a further US$90 million (Shs324bn) loan to build more schools. Led by chairperson John Bosco Ikojo, the Committee is …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two men accused of stealing electricity transmission cables worth Shillings 25 million, thus affecting the rural electrification project in Luwero district are in police custody. The suspects are Brian Mwesigwa, 24, and John Ogweta, 20, both residents of Kasana, Luwero town council. Last year, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Statistics at the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID indicate that 140 people have been killed in the last two weeks. This translates into 10 people being killed every day across the country. At least 79 Ugandans were killed between October 4 and 11, in robberies, domestic brawls, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary has launched an Electronic Court Case Management Information System-ECCMIS. The system once rolled out at the beginning of the new Law Year, 2022, is expected to reduce contact between the litigating public and court staff, a move that is expected to curb corruption. …

Butambala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is an escalation of cases of girl child abuse in Butambala district, which local officials fear is likely to worsen the school dropout rate. According to records from the district, 629 girls aged between 14 and 19 years were impregnated between July 2020 to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has attributed the confusion in the taxi industry to the lack of laws to govern the transport sector. Lukwago said that the wrangles between associations of taxi operators, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA’s failure to collect tax and the uncontrolled …