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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakasongola district has suspended the activities of Emyooga programme over the surge in COVID-19 cases. At least 80 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nakasongola district. One of the four cases detected at district headquarters was an asymptomatic case by a staff working at …

Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiruhura district foot and mouth disease taskforce has issued a set of new guidelines to curb the spread of the disease. Kiruhura has been under total quarantine and ban since the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in December last year. This was done to …

Koboko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Koboko district Grade One Magistrate Court has sentenced four inmates to two years in jail for escaping from lawful custody. On Wednesday, 18 inmates escaped from Gbukutu government prison in Koboko district. Four of the escapees were recaptured as eight others fled to the …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new administrative units which are expected to start operations in July in Soroti district will share budgets with their mother sub-counties, according to new guidelines issued by the district. The sub-counties that have been idle for more than one year after their elevation had …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima Regional Referral Hospital is under investigation for allegedly chasing people who tested positive for COVID-19. It is said that the hospital management ejected up to 20 people who tested positive for the virus at the health facility last week on Tuesday. Reports indicate that …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tieng Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI) has paid tribute to the pioneering role of Jago (Prime Minister) emeritus Raphael Owere Onyango, who passed on this week. He will be buried at his ancestral home in Paya, West Budama, on Saturday. “The leadership of Padhola, and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in the last year of unprecedented upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, up by 22 percent from 2010. There is a significant increase in the use of cannabis during the pandemic. That’s among the key findings of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women activists have asked the government to look beyond mosquito nets and provide women spending nights in markets with security and sanitary places to guarantee their safety. On Friday last week, President Yoweri Museveni asked women vendors to sleep in the markets to reduce contact …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer allowed access to Naguru police headquarters, according to the new directives by Inspector General of Police Martin Ochola. Counter-terrorism teams guarding the entrance are restricting people from going beyond the gate without proof of vaccination. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Medical Stores (NMS) has so far delivered 93,360 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines to 94 districts across the country. These are part of the 175,200 doses of the AstraZenca vaccine, Uganda received last week from the French government. Sheila Nduhukire, the NMS spokesperson …