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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja responded to only two questions in her maiden ‘Prime Minister’s Question Time’. The Prime Minister’s Question Time is provided for under Rule 41 of the House rules of procedure. It is held on Thursday scheduled at 4:00 pm and lasts for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Special Investigations Unit-SIU is detaining ten suspects on allegations of vandalizing the telecom masts in various parts of the country. Charles Twine, the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID spokesperson has identified the suspects as Martha Namukasa aged 30, Annet Nakkazi aged 54, Clare Namatovu aged 25, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan rower Kathleen Noble Grace has set a National record in rowing when she finished fifth in heat 2 of the women single sculls this morning in Tokyo, Japan. Noble opened Uganda’s hunt for medals in the summer games, but fell to rowing stars from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has tasked the House Committee on health to carry out field visits to government health facilities across the country to ascertain the state they are in. Among issued the directive on Thursday during the plenary session. She gave …

Health ministry officials will be visiting some of the laboratories that issued fake Covid-19 results Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Health Monitoring Unit has opened investigations into laboratories that issue fake COVID-19 test results. This comes after several travelers at Entebbe International Airport were blocked after it was …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inter-Party Organization for Dialogue-IPOD is in the process of drafting a new Memorandum of Understanding-MoU that binds all political parties with representation in Parliament. Four political parties namely the Democratic Party-DP, Forum for Democratic Change-FDC, National Resistance Movement-NRM and Uganda People’s Congress-UPC signed …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira region police are holding eight suspected ring leaders of criminal gangs that have been terrorizing Jinja city residents. Police picked up the suspects from the suburbs of Bugembe, Mafubira, Masese and Mpumudde in operations conducted on Wednesday night. According to police, the suspects are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty people were yesterday arrested in the central business district as police resumed lockdown enforcement operations in Kampala city. On June 18, President Museveni ordered a second nationwide lockdown following a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country. The President also banned people from going …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Intensive Care Unit-ICU at Lira Hospital is operating without specialized staff. A report presented to the Parliamentary COVID-19 Task Force shows that the ICU has 3 doctors, 2 medical officers, 2 specialist ICU nurses and 6 support staff. An ideal intensive care unit requires …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Animal Husbandry will next week start the delivery of foot and mouth disease vaccines to affected districts. In February, the ministry procured 2.4 million dozes at 13 Billion Shillings for the vaccination of livestock in the most affected districts. According to the …