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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Pius Wakabi Kassaja says the construction of the National calibration food laboratory will cost about Uganda shillings 14.9 billion. Calibration is regarded as a process where measurements of a test instrument or equipment …

Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Officials in Kabale District are stuck with a body of a Rwandan National who was reportedly shot dead by Rwandan security operatives near the Ugandan-Rwandan border on Friday last week.   The incident occurred at around 9:00pm at Nyakena village, Kivuye Sub County, Bulera district …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate Willy Mayambala has said he plans to send text messages to Ugandans if he can get their phone numbers from the National Registration and Identification Authority (NIRA). Mayambala says that this move will not only allow him reach several people in parts of …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Minister-in-charge of the Presidency Ester Mbayo, says the government is investigating the conduct of some security personnel. Mbayo says that the security personnel could be harbouring ill intentions against the government. Mbayo who on Wednesday opened up a two-day retreat for Resident District Commissioners …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The home-based isolation and care for COVID -19 positive patients have failed in Gulu following poor adherence to the Standard Operating Procedures.    Under home care, people who test positive for the disease but are not asymptomatic or do not have any other underlying conditions …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Sugar companies from Busoga sub-region are seeking Parliament’s intervention in the fight against ‘unfair’ competition from ‘sugar bonds’ which has frustrated local manufacturers. While meeting Speaker Rebecca Kadaga today, the managing directors of sugar companies revealed that sugar bonds which were earlier banned by President …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Security Minister Gen Elly Tumwine has praised security forces for the decisiveness with which they quelled what he called a pre-mediated riots across the country last week. Over 40 people are said to have died, many of them shot by security officers, after protests …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono General Hospital staff are decrying the congestion caused by the overwhelming numbers of patients. At the beginning of the month, the district suspended volunteers from attending to any hospital activities claiming limited space during this period of Covid-19. Health workers say that volunteers have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has announced the reopening of livestock markets. The markets were closed in March by President Museveni as a measure to curb the spread of the Covid-19 disease. On Wednesday, the State Minister for Animal Industry Bright Rwamirama told journalists at the Uganda Media Center …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Uganda on Wednesday unveiled a pair of tigers at the Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC) in Entebbe. James Musinguzi, the executive director of UWEC said the animals, a male and a female, were from a South African partner zoo. They arrived in the …