Jinja Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Jinja city have arrested forty people for violating the 9:00 pm night curfew. The suspects are being detained at Nalufenya police station. The suspects were arrested on Tuesday night from the suburbs of Budhumbuli and Wanyama in Bugembe ward, Jinja City. They were …
Read More »Ruth Aceng warns MPs against taking off masks in Parliament
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng has warned members of Parliament against removing their masks while speaking on the floor of the house. Dr. Aceng, the Lira City Woman MP was speaking today at the briefing of members of the 11th Parliament. While …
Read More »Mukono task force bans burials without Covid-19 examination
Mukono District Health Officer Dr. Stephen Mulindwa alleges that people are succumbing to COVID-19 without being tested Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono district Covid-19 task force has suspended all burials until the bodies are examined for the coronavirus disease. This will be implemented by the village health teams-VHTs and local council-LC …
Read More »Two security guards shot dead in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two security guards have been killed by unknown gunmen in Kampala. The guards have been identified as Godfrey Wapukurwa, 50 years and Kennedy Andama, 48 years attached to Security Group Africa-SGA. They were guarding a disputed land in Wankoko zone on Spring road in …
Read More »Archbishop Kazimba asks religious leaders to emulate missionaries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop Church of Uganda Stephen Kazimba Mugalu has challenged religious leaders in the Anglican church to emulate the work of missionaries. Kazimba says that in the past, missionaries did a significant role by putting up infrastructures like churches, hospitals and schools. He was speaking …
Read More »NMS to generate UGX 100Bn from new warehouse
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Medical Stores-NMS will generate at least 100 Billion Shillings from the new warehouse. The new warehouse is located at Kajjansi town council, Wakiso district. It is being constructed by China National Complete Plant Import and Export Corporation Ltd. Currently, the NMS uses the …
Read More »Livestock quarantine extended in more parts of Mbarara to contain FMD
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara city authorities have extended the livestock quarantine to two more areas to contain the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). Dr. Moses Amanyire, the senior veterinary officer Mbarara city says that they have added Nyamitanga and Nyakayojo areas on the list of areas affected by …
Read More »OBB leaders remind President Museveni to honour pledges to the kingdom
Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of Obudingiya Bwa Bwamba-OBB in Bundibugyo district has asked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to fulfil the pledges he made to their cultural leader Omudhingiya, retired Col. Martin Ayongi Kamya. In 2014, the government recognized Kamya, the son of Edward Kawamara, one of the …
Read More »Uganda to receive UGX 3.5 Trillion loan from IMF
Uganda will receive the loan in three installments of about 330 million dollars per financial year Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lent Uganda One Billion US Dollars. IMF in a statement issued on Tuesday said the agreement was reached in a virtual IMF visit …
Read More »My appointment is not a token but another front to fight Museveni – Zaake
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Francis Zaake, the Member of Parliament for Mityana Municipality has said his appointment as a Commissioner of Parliament is not a reward for his unwavering support to National Unity Platform-NUP President Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert, but a deployment to further the struggle for democracy in Uganda. …
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