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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mutukula border authorities have expressed concern over the increasing number of people who sneak into the country illegally in order to avoid paying for the coronavirus (COVID-19) test. At the immigration, travelers, truck drivers, students and tourists pay US$50 (Shs185,000) for a COVID-19 test before …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities in Kabale district have today closed two clinics for admitting COVID-19 victims. The closed clinics are Mwesigye health care clinic and Medicus healthcare, all located in Central division Kabale municipality. A source told Uganda Radio Network -URN that the affected clinics each admitted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Cooperatives, Fredrick Gume has tasked the managers of Walimu Cooperative savings and credit union Limited – Wasu to extend credit facilities to teachers attached to private schools so as to boost their monthly incomes. Wasu has a membership of over …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of Prime Minister -OPM has delivered relief items to people who were affected and relocated by floods from the rising Lake Albert water levels at various landing sites in Kagadi district. More than 4,000 people in Ndaiga sub county were displaced from their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Radiation therapy is effective in management of various types of cancers, but Uganda is short of personnel who should ensure that it does not harm patients. Effective cancer treatment requires radiation oncology medical physicists, but Uganda like many of the African countries has very few …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has imposed a temporary ban on importation of live birds and other poultry products from the Netherlands to combat the spread of the pathogenic avian influenza. In a statement dated November 5th, 2020, Dr. Anna Rose Ademuh, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has fulfilled his pledge of 150 million shillings to procure a mini-bus for Ikwera Girls Secondary School in Kwania district. Museveni pledged to donate the bus to the school after a school truck, a Tata lorry Reg. No. UG 0753G that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in conjunction with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) have launched the rural electrification project in Bududa district. Rural electrification program is a government-funded project with the aim of financing electricity connections to homes, district headquarters, health centers, schools, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three members of the same family were last evening electrocuted in Tamu division of Mityana municipality in Mityana district. Forty-five-year-old Maria Naddamba and her two daughters Margret Kivumbi (24) and Fiina Kivumbi (9) died after electrocution. James Mukasa, the LC1 chairperson for South Ward explains …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 pandemic helped the Parliament to overcome quorum crisis that had dogged the legislative processes. Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah says while the COVID-19 crisis has had devastating effects on the lives of Ugandans, it has provided opportunity for Parliament to review its …