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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party in Mukono have disagreed on charges for members seeking to record music at the party studio set up in Mukono municipality. The studio known as M-records was set up at the beginning of this month in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials at Entebbe International Airport will no longer use the Quick Response (QR) codes on PCR COVID-19 test certificates to determine their authenticity, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA has revealed. A statement issued by UCCA says they have decided to drop the use of QR …

Omoro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Omoro District authorities have recommended mandatory pregnancy tests for primary seven candidates following the resumption of their classes after six months of closure.  The decision stems from the reported surge in the number of teenage pregnancies attributed to the prolonged lockdown imposed by the Government …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandan Medical Experts have cautioned against the consideration of herd immunity as an option for curbing COVID-19. Similar to an argument by the World Health Organisation, they argue that the strategy is scientifically problematic. Herd immunity occurs when a large portion of a community (the …

Buikwe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Icelandic International Development Agency-ICEIDA has completed the renovation of 47 government schools in Buikwe District. In 2014 the Government of Uganda signed a financing agreement of USD 9 million with Iceland to support the construction and renovation of schools in fishing communities. The objective …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Supreme Court has dismissed a bail application filed by a former MTN employee Joshua Magombe. Magombe was in 2015 sentenced to nine years in jail for unauthorized access to mobile money agent lines.   Magombe and five others gained access to the MTN mobile money system …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of market vendors has written to Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka to expedite the repossession of markets by the government.   Last month, President Museveni directed that KCCA repossess all government markets, dissolve all conflicting leaderships and organize fresh elections. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The High Court Civil Division has dismissed with costs a suit in which four founding members of the National Unity, Reconciliation and Development Party-NURP were challenging the changes in party leadership. Moses Nkonge Kibalama, the founder president of NURP, his Secretary-General Paul Simbwa, Difas Basile …

Kumi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda National Roads Authority- UNRA has suspended ferry services on Lake Bisina following the increasing water levels.  The ferry that has been connecting Kumi to Katakwi District and Karamoja region across Lake Bisina stopped operations on Sunday following flooding at Omatenga and Kokorio landing …

Rukiga Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Floods have submerged Rushebeya-Kitaraka Footbridge in Rwamucucu Sub County in Rukiga district affecting the movement of residents. The half-kilometre footbridge snakes through Kitanga-Rushebeya wetland and connects Burime and Nyakagabagaba parishes in Rwamucucu Sub County as well as Kitunga and Ngoma parishes in Kashambya Sub County.   …