Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A baby has drowned after a boat on which she was traveling with seven people other from Pakwach to Nwoya district capsized in River Nile. The accident occurred at around 3:30 pm on Tuesday around Olobodegi parish in Pokweri sub county in Pakwach district. …
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Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joseph Owuma, the Kayunga district National Resistance Movement-NRM party secretary has resigned citing poor handling of petitions arising from the primaries. According to Owuma, the district NRM office received about 20 petitions from primaries for local government positions. But none of the petitions was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons threatened with hearing loss can now be diagnosed earlier thanks to a smartphone based audiometry app named Wulira. The application which works just like the pure tone audiometer, the recommended equipment by the World Health Organisation requires the user to have a mobile …
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Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of Anglican churches on Ssese Islands in Kalangala district are to remain closed because of failure to abide by the standard operating procedures-SOPs to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. Rev. Abraham Lubega Kisakye, the head of the training department in Namirembe Diocese …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in the Elgon and Sebei sub regions are hunting for rustlers who stole over 140 heads of cattle stolen from Western Kenya. According to reports, unknown people raided villages in Kenya over the weekend and rustled 143 heads of cattle and headed to Mount …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale regional blood bank is struggling to raise the required units of blood to supply health facilities in the region. The blood bank has been hit severally by blood shortage since the nationwide lockdown started in March this year. Dr. Ahmed Bumba, the manager Mbale …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Father Centurio Olaboro, a priest at Tororo Archdiocese in charge of peace and reconciliation and three guards from Tiger security company have been arrested in connection to the shooting of a resident over a disputed piece of land. The four were arrested on Tuesday following …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Results from the samples of a man who died recently in Masindi district with Ebola-like symptoms have turned out negative. The 28-year-old man from Kitanyata 2 village in Kiruuli sub county was rushed to Masindi Hospital on Friday last week with severe fever, diarrhoea …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has demanded that extra days be allocated for the nomination exercise of MPs. This is after the government said that married women will have to follow the standard procedure of the use of a deed poll if they are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High court has accepted government’s request for more time to file a response to a petition seeking to block elections in 89 constituencies. Justice Musa Ssekaana, the Deputy head of the High Court Civil Division has given the Attorney General up to December 10, 2020, …
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