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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Is a negative PCR test a guarantee for absence of the coronavirus in one’s body? This is a question that has of recent been baffling health workers with increasing rates of patients reportedly with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 and yet have negative test results. Dr. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Total E&P Uganda says it expects the first oil to be out of Uganda’s Albertine graben within 43 months effective from mid-May this year. Total Energies Uganda upstream project representative, Edirisa Kwizera is hopeful that unlike the past, the timeline to Uganda’s first oil will …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Learners in Gulu and neighbouring districts are paying little or no attention to the ongoing radio lessons that are intended to ensure continuity in learning at a time when educational institutions are closed. At least 15 radio stations across the country were chosen to air …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Lira City are decrying the sharp increase in the prices of fruits which has resulted in scarcity. With the belief by residents that lemons boost their immunity against the coronavirus (COVID-19), more people are now including lemons on their groceries shopping list. A …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in the Ankole are concerned about drug-resistant ticks which have affected their livestock. The blacklegged “Deer” Tick and Brown Dog Ticks remain a huge challenge for farmers in Kiruhura, Isingiro and Mbarara districts. The ticks cause diseases like East Coast fever and Boophilus decoloratus …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the Uganda Revenue Authority have agreed that there is a need to quickly centralize the collection of government revenues within the East African Community. Article 32 of the EAC Common Market Protocol provides for the harmonization …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district health department has resorted to door to door delivery of the life-prolonging Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to people living with HIV following the suspension of public transport. The door to door campaign will benefit more than 3,000 people living with HIV in hard to …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents in Acholi have expressed fear over the likelihood of increased teenage pregnancies and child marriage in the region again following the second pandemic lockdown in the country. On June 6, President Yoweri Museveni issued partial lockdown measures to close public transport, places of worship …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Misaki Wayengera, the head of the Ministerial Scientific Advisory Committee on Covid-19 has said it will be hard to predict when the current pandemic wave will hit its peak. Though President Museveni on Friday announced a total lockdown, Wayengera says its dynamics such as …

Karenga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Karenga District Northern Uganda Social Action Fund- NUSAF desk officer, Patrick Lotyang Ogwang has been arrested for allegedly embezzling more than 70 million Shillings. The money was meant for two NUSAF projects. Lotyang is being investigated following a probe on how he spent NUSAF …