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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Residents of Gulu City have petitioned the electricity distributor UMEME over the inconsistent and inadequate power supply. The petition signed by more than 400 people was on Tuesday handed over to the Resident City Commissioner Nsubuga Bwayo and Doreen Ogenga the UMEME Manager for Gulu …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The police in Tororo district have arrested four primary school headteachers for conducting lessons for lower classes.  They were arrested on Tuesday during an operation by the Covid-19 District Task Force.  They include Kulusum Ali of Star Light primary and Nursery school, Rose Ofwono, the …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has opted for a Kangaroo care system for premature babies as the hospital grapples with a lack of enough incubators. Kangaroo care, or skin-to-skin care, is a technique practiced on newborn, usually preterm, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  As several victims of election violence who went missing in the build-up and aftermath of 2021 General Elections resurface, many of them have remained tight lipped on what they went through at the hands of their abductors. This has drawn concern from human rights defenders, …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) is focusing on attracting leaders with value to secure the country’s future, the party president Major General Mugisha Muntu has revealed. Addressing ANT coordinators and former party candidates in Ankole region Adit Mall in Mbarara city on Tuesday, Muntu said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has asked Uganda to pay U$322 million for damages caused by its troops during the Congo invasion between 1997 and 2003. This reparation is part of the US$4.3 billion compensation that Congo is demanding from Uganda nearly half of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Government has confirmed that Uganda risks playing its World Cup Qualifiers in neighbouring countries unless the World football governing body FIFA and the Confederation of African Federation (CAF) lifts the ban on Mandela National Stadium. In May last year, the Confederation of African Federation (CAF) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has explained why the budget has been reduced by 4.3 trillion shillings for the 2021/2022 financial year. Although last year’s financial year budget was 45.5 trillion shillings and the projections for the financial year, 2021/22 was at 45.66 …

Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT |  Ex-police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted of all charges in the George Floyd death in in Minneapolis, Minnesota. AFP reports that the Floyd family lawyer has hailed the Monday verdict as “turning point in history” of the US. AFP reports that Chauvin was handcuffed, taken into …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University researchers have found that more males can seek reproductive health information if innovations such as telemedicine are embraced. In a study in which researchers at the School of Statistics and Planning were assessing the impact of telehealth services in supporting the continuity of family …