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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district is targeting to immunize 640,000 children during the mass polio vaccination campaign. The three-day vaccination campaign against polio among children aged five years and below was launched in Wakiso on Thursday. The campaign that targets 8.7 million children aims to also reach children …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A six-year-old child has reportedly ended her life in what the family says might be a protest against a decision to take her back to a village school. The shocking incident happened in Bweyogerere Central Zone, Kira municipality on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has quashed the decision by the High Court to award 9.3 Billion Shillings as compensation to claimants of land where the government is currently constructing the Karuma Hydro Power Project. A panel of three justices Christopher Izama Madrama, Irene Mulyagonja, and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing 15 terror suspects have asked Buganda Road Magistrates Court to allow the doctors from the African Centre for Rehabilitation of Torture Victims to access the prisons and examine the health status of the suspects. The suspects include money operators Yusuf Muwonge alias Hamza …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has officially taken over Mountains of the Moon University in Fort Portal. In September, Parliament approved the takeover of the institution by the government. The State Minister for Higher Education told MPs that taking over the institution as a Public University would …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has asked Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA Council to expedite the process of putting in place the KCCA market ordinance. Speaking during the council sitting on Thursday at City Hall, Lukwago said that the conflicts in markets cannot be resolved …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) has appealed to government to increase its funding towards the fight against HIV/AIDs. The UAC wants government to shoulder at least half of the financial burden in a bid to reduce donor dependence. The Director General for UAC, Dr. Nelson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Tourism has asked Parliament to exempt the tourism sector from budget cuts to enable the sector recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. During a meeting on Thursday between Parliament’s committee on Tourism, Trade, and Industry and officials from the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses have gone to waste following the failure by the Ministry of Health to use them within thirty days after being removed from the required cold chain of -80 degrees to remain potent. Dr. Daniel Kyabayinze, the Incident Commander …

Over 100,000 teenage mothers are on the verge of never returning to school if no critical interventions are put in check Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Save the Children has today supported the launch of the Ministry of Education and Sports nationwide ‘Safe Back to School’ campaign. The campaign will …