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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kasese District leaders have asked the government to relocate persons living along the banks of major Rivers Nyamwamba and Mubuku.   The leaders argue that they don’t have land to resettle the persons. They are also concerned that if the current heavy rains continue the district could …

  Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A group of jobless youths in Moroto has petitioned the State House Anti-Corruption Unit to investigate the just concluded recruitment in the district. In their April 3rd, 2021 letter, the youth say the exercise was marred with nepotism and tribalism against applicants from Matheniko …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Dozens of people were turned away from Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital for the third day on Tuesday due to the shortage of the COVID-19 vaccine. The hospital ran out of the COVID-19 vaccine last Friday prompting it to close the vaccination center at 2 pm …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Lokung Sub County in Lamwo district have discovered three unexploded bombs in a farm belonging to Ngomoromo Primary School.  The Ngomoromo LCI Chairperson Bosco Kidega says the bomb was discovered on Tuesday by parents and casual labourers who unearthed the devices as they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake has protested the delayed ruling in the case in which he sued the government and eight police officers seeking compensation for torture.  Zaake who was on Tuesday afternoon at the High Court Civil Division together with his lawyer Eron Kiiza …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has proposed to have an omnibus law that will facilitate the merger and disbandment of agencies created by Acts of Parliament and those that are constitutional. This is carried in a statement by the Minister of State for Public Service, David Karubanga presented …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The uplift of the Intensive care unit-ICU at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital will boost health service delivery, legislators on the government assurance and implementation committee have revealed. In the wake of the covid19 pandemic, Jinja Regional Referral Hospital struggled to handle critical patients due to …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  MV Kalangala will not make its return voyage to Kalangala later today and tomorrow morning because of the engine maintenance survey by the insurers following its overhaul between March 6th, 2021 and April 2nd, 2021. The Vessel that plies between Nakiwogo in Entebbe and Lutoboka …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Five people suspected to have been involved in the raid on the residence of the late former Kampala Archbishop Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga have been arrested in an intelligence-led operation. According to police sources, the suspects were tracked down using the phone that was stolen …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen David Muhoozi, has tasked the newly promoted army officers to ensure they do not embarrass the Army and the country.  Gen Muhoozi, who was speaking at the piping ceremony of 33 Brigadiers and seven Major Generals at the ministry …