NEWS

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  As schools prepare to re-open, the list of requirements that learners in private schools will have to report with has exponentially grown due to COVID-19 related standard operating procedures. This comes as private schools will have to implement a number of health measures like …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Mukono High court is expected to conduct a fresh tally of the results from the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primaries for Kayunga District Woman Member of Parliament.  The exercise couldn’t take place on Monday as set by Justice David Batema because the official sent …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Two technicians from telecom giant MTN Uganda are part of the five people who were arrested by Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID over the weekend on allegations of vandalizing the telecom masts in Mbarara and Isingiro districts. They are Richard Lubega and Godfrey Masaba. The …

Rubanda, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Rubanda district local government has asked majority of the staff working at the headquarters to stay home following the outbreak of COVID-19 at Rubanda district government prison.  The district COVID-19 taskforce confirmed the first inmate with COVID-19 positive case in Rubanda district government prisons …

Kalangala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Several passengers are getting stranded after management of MV Kalangala  restricted the number the vessel carries to 50 per voyage as they observe the Standard Operating Procedures – SOPs due to the COVID-19. But the Kalangala District Chairperson, Willy Lugoloobi says a solution should …

Pader, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Several private and government-aided schools in Pader and Kitgum districts have opted for credit to purchase essential equipment to meet requirements for the impending re-opening. Educational institutions will be opened this week, Thursday, for candidates and finalists after more than seven months of inactivity.  …

Kasese , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kasese District local government has commissioned a suspended foot cable bridge on River Lhubiriha.  The cable bridge connects Kitholu and Karambi Sub Counties. It was built by Bridge to Prosperity; a US based non-governmental organization in partnership with the government of Uganda under …

Lamwo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Police in Lamwo District have in custody two brothers accused of causing the death of a local football player they assaulted for alleged poor defending during a friendly local football match. The suspects are Joel Okello 19 and Francis Opio 23 all residents …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The question on how to effectively handle persons that develop a mental illness in the management of COVID-19, remains largely ignored, even as the Ministry of Health (MOH) adjusts its treatment protocols.  New homecare guidelines by the Ministry of Health allow persons with mild …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Uganda Police is set to establish a detachment on Lake Bunyonyi in South Western Uganda owning to the reported increase in crime rates and drowning there.  The move follows the wide spread outcry that the high crime rates and drowning are threatening tourism around …