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  Kibuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-four-year-old John Stanley Mateka, the in-charge of Community Health Plan in Kapiyia parish, Nankodo sub county, Kibuku district is behind bars for alleged theft of essential drugs. Samuel Semewo, the Bukedi Region Police spokesperson says that Mateka was intercepted on Monday while traveling to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The foot and mouth disease that has for long been a menace to farmers could soon be history as Uganda gets closer to producing its own vaccine. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries through the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) is in advanced stages …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have rejected the projected budget cuts in the tourism sector, saying it is a key contributor to foreign revenue and a remedy to debt burden. Legislators are dismayed that government is moving to cut the tourism budget from Shs195 billion in 2022/2023 Financial …

⚽ Uganda 1 Senegal 0 ⚽ DRC 0 Ivory Coast 0 🇺🇬 FIXTURES ⚽ Uganda vs Ivory Coast – January 22 Algiers, Algeria |  CAFOLINE | Uganda Cranes stunned ten-man Senegal 1-0 at the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Wednesday to keep alive their hopes of reaching the knock-out stages …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda on Tuesday hailed China for the support it continues to give to countries under the South-South cooperation framework. While speaking at the opening of the second Africa High-Level Forum of South-South and Triangular Cooperation for Sustainable Development held in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, Ugandan …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for the amendment of the Local Government Act to improve service delivery. This followed a report of the Committee on Public Accounts (Local Government) on the Report of the Auditor General for Financial Year 2020/2021 on 49 district local governments, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to make a major shift in the battle against malaria, with focus turning from treatment to prevention, especially at household level. Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine said government has agreed with the Global Fund and other partners to put …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Unit in the finance ministry has called for more investment in feasibility studies and public-private partnerships to ensure value for money in project development. While appearing before the Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development on Monday, 16 January 2023, Jim Mugunga, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Chief of Staff of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda has said the number of detained persons circulated by activists is an exaggeration. Kyanda said that counter verification involving the Uganda Human Rights Commission revealed that only five per cent …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s High Commissioner to Kigali, Ambassador Robert Rusoke has called for construction of a chancery building in Kigali in bid to reduce on the cost of rent. Rusoke made this request while appearing before the Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday, 16 January 2023 to respond to …