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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Online delivery platform Jumia Food has announced a slash on delivery fees across Kampala, it said on March 18. It said, starting this month, all orders placed on the platform will be delivered to all locations across Kampala, Entebbe and Jinja at a uniform fee …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of unauthorized people are getting Covid-19 jabs thanks to the hesitation of frontline health workers. Last week, the Health Ministry rolled out the mass Covid-19 vaccination targeting frontline health workers. Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the Senior Public Relations Officer Ministry of Health told URN on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Peoples Defense Forces have been advised to dismiss negative claims against the Covid-19 vaccine. Several UPDF soldiers starting with the minister of defense received their Covid-19 jabs this morning at the Senior Officers Diagnostic Hospital in Mbuya. Following the roll out of the Covid-19 …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen in Nakasongola district have decried the low fish catch months after the fishing ban was lifted on Lake Kyoga. Last year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries lifted the ban on fishing at Lake Kyoga after a yearlong holiday. A limited number …

PELUM recommends that ministry of agriculture should prioritise and allocate funds for publicising, disseminating and educating citizens on standards Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | A membership civil society organisation, Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) Uganda has added its voice on the current debate surrounding the quality of maize grain traded …

Frontline workers were first to take the jab on Tuesday during the launch of the vaccination exercise held at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers in Gulu district are rallying the community to embrace the AstraZeneca vaccine. This follows fears from some of the residents …

Kenya last year banned dairy imports from Uganda citing complaints by Kenyan farmers over the influx of Ugandan milk which was being priced lower than the one produced in their home country Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Traders and civil society organisations in Uganda are urging the government of Kenya …

NUP spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi says some losses were self-inflicted, adding that the lesson they learn as forces of change is to strive and not only unite at the lower levels but also at the presidency Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After agreeing in principle to fight the 2021 general election …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF is to deploy more than 3,000 soldiers to address the persistent insecurity in the Karamoja region. This was announced on Wednesday by the UPDF Commander of Land Forces Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu in Moroto. Gen Elwelu who addressed the media …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has exempted the former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu from paying costs to three respondents in the presidential election petition. The respondents were; the president-elect and incumbent Yoweri Museveni, Electoral Commission and the Attorney General. Kyagulanyi petitioned the Supreme Court to challenge …