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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has suspended the vaccination exercise for people who want to take the first and second dose for the COVID-19 vaccine after it run out of doses three days ago. The hospital gets the doses from Wakiso district headquarters. Muhammad Mubiru, the Principal …

📌 NUP names parliament leaders ▶ Leader of Opposition (LoP) – Mathias Mpuuga ▶ Opposition chief whip – John Nambeshe ▶ Chairperson PAC – Medard Segona ▶ Chairperson COSASE – Joel Ssenyonyi ▶ Chairperson Gov’t Assurances – Betty Nambooze ▶ Commissioner of Parliament – Francis Zaake ✳ Dep. chief whip …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party (DP) has appointed Tochi County Member of Parliament Peter Okot as its whip in the 11th parliament. Okot who will be serving his second term as MP replaces the Kalungu West Member of Parliament Joseph Sewungu who last year crossed to the National …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty seven families in Gulu want the graves of their loved ones on the land hosting the Gulu Logistic Hub project exhumed. The Shillings 107 billion trade hub sits on a piece of land measuring 54 acres in Layibi-Go down cell, Bardege-Layibi division, Gulu city. The …

PEPFAR has invested more than $4 billion in Uganda alone, and more than $90 billion worldwide, over the past 18 years to save more than 19 million lives. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPEDNENT |  A record 18th U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Country Operation Plan for Uganda has …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butiaba health center III in Buliisa district has been reopened. The facility was in October last year submerged by floods rising from Lake Albert. As a result, health services at the health facility were then relocated to Butiaba primary school as pupils were still home due …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje has suspended the Bunyoro-Tooro regional Khadi, Sheikh Muhammad Irumba from office citing his failure to unite Muslims. “You are hereby suspended from the Office of the Regional Khadi Bunyoro/Tooro Muslim Region with immediate effect,” reads the May 27th, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As police fraternity mourns the demise of Kira Road Division Police Commander, Matthias Turyasingura who reportedly succumbed to Covid-19, vigilance has been increased almost at every station. Turyasingura, who took himself to hospital was announced dead on Tuesday night. With the shocking death of Turyasingura, police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Secretary-General of the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM, Justine Kasule Lumumba has said the former Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga should face the party’s disciplinary committee for having gone against its rules and contested as an independent for the office of the speaker of parliament. On …

Directorate of Public Prosecutions has sanctioned Turyasingura’s file leading to his arrest Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Mutambuuka Turyasingura, the coordinator for the National Unity Platform (NUP) party in charge of Rukiga district has been re-arrested. Turyasingura was arrested on Thursday by police at his home in Muhanga town council. Derrick Katebire …