Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The medical surveillance team in Mukono has failed to trace four of the people who tested positive to COVID-19 patients in the district. At least five COVID-19 cases were recorded in the area, from tests that were conducted between Thursday and Saturday by the …
Read More »Cipla Quality Chemicals in sh4.6b expansion move
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Drugs maker Cipla Quality Chemicals Limited (CiplaQCi) has announced that it has paid 4.7 billion Shillings to acquire what they described as the Human Care Business assets of Quality Chemicals Limited. According to Nevin Bradford, the executive director of Cipla Quality Chemicals Limited, the …
Read More »State Minister Ogwang faces Otuko, three other Teso NRM nominees unopposed
Four NRM MPs Unopposed after Party Nominations in Teso Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three National Resistance Movement (NRM) MPs have emerged unopposed after the nomination for party primaries across Teso region. They include Hellen Adoa, the Serere Woman MP and State Minister for Fisheries and the Bukedea Woman …
Read More »COVID-19: Ministry of Finance grapples with 21 cases, UNRA 6
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 21 staff at the Ministry of Finance and six from Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the cases grow among different private and public agencies. Finance staff under-went mandatory COVID-19 test on August 19. Test results, …
Read More »Namboole COVID-19 Treatment Centre Starts Enrolling Patients Next Week
. Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | The new COVID-19 treatment facility at Namboole Stadium is expected to open next week. Dr Charles Olaro, the Director of Clinical Services in the Ministry of Health has told URN that the 1200 bed capacity facility has been finalised. Olaro says that the …
Read More »Isingiro man murders his two children, leaves wife in coma
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Isingiro has chopped his two children to death and attempted to kill their mother before taking his own life by poisoning. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson, says Celestino Byamukama, a resident of Rwengando cell Nyarubanga parish in Masha Sub …
Read More »Gunfire rocks Mbarara over Barya building
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gunfire rocked Mbarara City on Sunday afternoon as employees of Barya Stint Hardware rose up in protest against the attachment of Barya Building along Akiiki Nyabongo Road by Orient bank. Led by the sons of Apollo Muhumuza Barya, the Proprietor Barya Building, the employees …
Read More »Police steps up COVID-19 night operations in Kampala
56 Arrested in Kampala Sunday Night Operations Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 56 people were arrested in parts of Kampala during operations against person violators of COVID-19 guidelines last night. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire said 49 of these were arrested from Nomads Bar in Kabalagala. …
Read More »Court of Appeal upholds Uwera Nsenga’s 20-year-jail term for murder
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has upheld the 20-year jail term given to Jacqueline Uwera Nsenga for the murder of her late husband, Juvenal Nsenga in a disguised vehicle accident. Justices Afonse Owiny-Dollo, Elizabeth Musoke and Cheborion Barishaki upheld the sentence in their verdict delivered on …
Read More »People living on Lake Edward shores face anthrax threat, three dead
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people suspected to have contracted anthrax in Rubirizi district have died, triggering panic among residents on four landing sites on Lake Edward. The deceased have been identified as Wilson Nuwagaba, John Patrick Kagwa and Allen Twongyeirwe, all residents of Kisenyi in Katuguru Sub …
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