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Kyotera, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The re-opening of the Mental Health Unit to patients at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital has been delayed following the increasing number of covid-19 cases.  In May, Masaka Regional Referral gazetted the mental ward to serve as the treatment unit.   The more than 200 patients who …

The Independent shines at OFAB Journalism Awards Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Independent’s Ronald Musoke is among six journalists that have been recognized at this year’s Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) Journalism Awards. This year’s awards in Kampala, the 4th by OFAB, recognized winners of …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The newly constructed Soroti Main Market is expected to boost local revenue collection in Soroti City.  The 27 Billion Shillings market was constructed under the Market and Agricultural Trade Improvement Program Project-2 MATIP-2 with funding from the African Development Bank.  Constructed by TECHNO 3 Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Hippos will take to the field this afternoon at the Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium, Arusha in their opening Group B match of the Zonal Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) U-20 qualifiers. Head coach Morley Byekwaso told Uganda Radio Network – URN last night …

Kikuube, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Alliance for National Transformation-ANT presidential candidate Gen.Mugisha Muntu has rallied the people of Bunyoro to agitate for change. Muntu says that the NRM has failed to run the affairs of this country.    Speaking at a campaign rally on Sunday in Wairagaza trading center …

Kyegegwa, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Unity Platform – NUP presidential candidate, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi, has today started his campaigns in Tooro Sub-region amidst tight security and excitement from his supporters. Kyagulanyi, who was supposed to have a rally at Humura Primary School Playground in Kyegegwa town council, was …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has pledged to develop Arua town into a model city because of its strategic location in West Nile.  During his campaign in Arua on Sunday evening, Amuriat said that Arua town has remained struggling …

Kakumiro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Voters in Kakumiro Town Council have asked Independent Presidential Candidate Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde to revive cooperatives and address land grabbing if he wins the presidency. Gen. Tumukunde was on Sunday campaigning in Kakumiro town council.  The voters told Tumukunde that their leaders at various …

Nakaseke, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Democratic Party Presidential Candidate Nobert Mao says that 2021 General Elections are about the desire for change not promises. While campaigning in Luwero district recently, National Resistance Movement Presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni told residents about what his government has achieved in the last 34 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ministry of Education has warned schools against giving external mock examinations to learners as they wait to sit for their UNEB finals. In April, the Minister of Education, Janet Museveni banned schools from giving candidates several mock examinations as is the normal practice. She …