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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bungokho North Member of Parliament Gershom Sizomu Wambende has lost a bid to contest for the Mbale Northern Division parliamentary seat on Forum for Democratic Change ticket. The race was won by Paul Mugoya Wanyoto who registered 66 votes against Sizomu’s 13. The other candidates …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several leaders around Kampala are appealing for more face masks from the government. They say that the number of masks sent to their areas is insufficient for the population size and many of their residents have not been covered. The government had set …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has flagged off 68,000 bicycles to aid the mobilization activities by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in villages across the country. Museveni said that the bicycles were procured from contributions by party members and added that they are also making …

  Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district security committee has stopped the distribution of food relief to private school teachers in the district by a group named Food for Teachers. The group had launched a fundraising drive to support teachers in 30 private schools and tertiary institutions in Kitgum …

Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Kyotera district have dedicated special clinic days to attend to the rising number of elderly persons seeking healthcare services in the area. Dr Edward Muwanga, the District Health Officer says that the district executive committee together with the health department resolved that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Wakiso district Rewards and Sanctions Committee has scrapped more than 30 names from the government payroll of workers who were found guilty of absenteeism from duty, alcoholism, and other offences. The committee headed by the  Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Jude Mark Bukenya is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A review of Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID approach to violent crime shows 304 guns have been recovered from thugs over the last two years. 167 guns were recovered in 2018 while 137 others were recovered last year, according to data released by the CID …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private healthcare providers are calling for the establishment of a health sector commission to coordinate different entities in times of emergencies like the current COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Ian Clarke, the chairman of the Uganda Healthcare Federation; an organization that brings together private health facilities …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Arua district COVID-19 taskforce are struggling to manage more than 20 children whose mothers are isolated at Arua Prison Primary School quarantine centre. Norman Cwinyai, the team leader of the COVID-19 surveillance and laboratory services team in Arua said that up …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former WBS TV journalist Andrew Lwanga has been awarded 268 million Shillings as compensation for the injuries he sustained when he was assaulted by the former Old Kampala District Police Commander Joram Mwesigye. The compensation covers 18 million Shillings as special damages and 250 …