Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The mass polio vaccination campaign will go on for another three days following an extension by the health ministry. The ministry was prompted to extend the exercise that started on Thursday last week due to lack of vaccine carriers, according to health officials. Now, the exercise …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabale School of Comprehensive Nursing is struggling with inadequate accommodation and transport for its students and members of staff. The institution which was established in 1972, currently has an enrollment of 500 nursing students. However, Dr Sophie Namasoppo, the Chairperson of the Institution’s Governing Council says …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of businessmen and leaders in Gulu district are unhappy with the prolonged quarantine imposed on the movement of cattle. Gulu district was placed under animal quarantine by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries in September last year following the outbreak of Foot …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University has installed modern science equipment worth 197 Million Shillings to bolster practical lessons. The equipment purchased in July last year with the University fund will aid practical education for third-year students pursuing Bachelors of Science in Education and majoring in Physics. The new equipment …
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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a low turn up of learners and teachers in three schools in Kanara sub county, Ntoroko district. Despite the fact that schools resumed last week after two years of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic, over 1,600 learners from Umoja Kachwankumu and Rwangara primary …
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Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pader district has failed to vaccinate all the targeted children under five years during the polio vaccination campaign. The campaign targets the Wild Polio 2 virus, samples of which were detected last year at two sewage treatment sites. This type of polio can lead to permanent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The health ministry is yet to upload the data of the more than 6.5 million Ugandans who took COVID-19 jabs on its portal citing technical challenges. Dr. Daniel Kyabayinze, the COVID-19 incident commander says that they experienced challenges when many people turned up for COVID-19 vaccination …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Moroto district are hunting for armed Karimojong cattle rustlers who shot and injured two people in Moroto. The incident that took place on Monday night in Nadunget sub-county left residents sleepless. Michael Longole, the Karamoja Regional Police Spokesperson identified the injured as Cosmos …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cross section of directors of regional referral hospitals want government to prioritise budgeting for recruitment of specialists and consultants in the 2022/2023 financial year. The hospital directors blamed poor service delivery on the shortage of specialists and consultants. The directors of Hoima, Mbale, Lira and …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kikuube district authorities have halted the ongoing Bugoma forest boundary reopening exercise. In November last year, the government through the Ministry of Housing, Lands, and Urban Development embarked on the long-awaited reopening of the Bugoma forest reserve boundary. Covering 410 square kilometers of a protected area …
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