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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Police Operations, AIGP Edward Ochom has denied banning use of travel letters issued by Local Council chairpersons and Resident District Commissioners- RDCs to people with emergencies. While declaring a 42 days lockdown last Friday, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said LCs and RDCs …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has postponed the release of 2020 national examination results due to restrictions of Covid-19. According to the programme, the examinations body had scheduled to release the said results before the end of June starting with Primary Leaving Examinations, but …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Director of Private Sector Foundation Uganda-PSFU, Gideon Badagawa is dead. Dr Elly Karuhanga, the PSFU board chair communicated Badagawa’s death in a short statement issued this morning. “The Board, Management and Staff of the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda-PSFU, with deep sorrow, regret …

Busia health workers want special allowances from the government because they are battling with the life of COVID-19 patients admitted in severe condition amidst challenges of lack of Personal Protective Equipment. Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers in Busia district want the government to give them risk allowances as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 18, Shell V-Power executives announced a Shs25million cash sponsorship towards three-time Uganda National Rally Champion, Ronald Sebuguzi. Sebuguzi is one of the four rally drivers that qualified for the World Championship Safari Rally 2021, which will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from June …

Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Drama ensued over the weekend at Rukungiri district local government headquarters as district and municipal leaders totally failed to agree on who should own the new ambulance that was donated to them by the Ministry of Health under emergency medical services. Although there was no …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested a man identified as Aziz Ssempala, said to be the leader of a gang that has been staging illegal checkpoints in various villages of Mukono district with intention of robbing travelers and extorting boda boda riders. Ssempala who was wearing a local …

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Queen Mother of Obudingiya Bwa Bwamba-OBB Rhoda Nansolia Kawamara has been accorded a state funeral. Her remains were laid to rest next to the grave of her husband Yeremiya Kawamara at Booma grounds in Bundibugyo town on Sunday afternoon. The burial followed a …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese district Covid-19 task force has directed that all burial ceremonies in the district take place before mid-day. This follows an upsurge of Covid-19 cases in the district as the country battles the second wave of the pandemic. Kasese district has recorded more than 160 …

NUSAF provides effective income support to and builds the resilience of poor and vulnerable households in Northern Uganda Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 45 business groups in Lira city have received funding under the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) III Village Revolving Funds -VRF. The money is being given …