Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have raised a red flag over the escalation of defilement cases in the Albertine region during the COVID-19 lockdown. Statistics from the Criminal investigations department in the region show 191 defilement cases were recorded between March and May in the region. 81 suspects …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee-PAC has grilled Uganda Prison Services-UPS officials to explain the expenditure of Shillings 48 Billion without authorization. The UPS officials were appearing before PAC led by their accounting officer Samuel Baker Emiku to respond to queries in the Auditor General’s report …
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Abim, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities in Abim district have confirmed an outbreak of scabies in the district. Scabies is a highly contagious skin infestation which causes an itchy red rash on the skin. It’s passed from one person to another through direct skin contact and through infested …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has described the proposed regulations for political parties and organisations ahead of the 2021 general elections as ridiculous. The regulations were presented before parliament on Thursday by Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu. The regulations seek …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Queen Elizabeth National Park has recorded an increase in the number of wildlife animals at the end of the COVID-19 lockdown which started in March. The park has more than 90 mammal and 600 bird species. The park’s chief warden Pontius Ezuma says that the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The head of the COVID-19 taskforce in Masaka district suspects that there was an ulterior motive by patients who exposed the appalling situation at the isolation and treatment ward at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital. An asymptomatic female COVID-19 patient undergoing treatment at the hospital …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Universities and other institutions of higher learning have been allowed to implement e-learning programs having established standard guidelines for the teaching approach to ensure continued learning during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. The Ministry of Education and Sports recently advised universities which had embraced the …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The worldwide spread of coronavirus pandemic is exposing opportunities for agriculture sector in schools and beyond, experts in this field say. Speaking at a virtual meeting organized by Uganda Agribusiness Alliance (UAA) and Agri-Food Systems Education Network on July 3, Victoria Sekitoleko, the former minister …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation through its scientific research arm is calling for an increase in research in the area of therapeutics that can treat COVID-19. According to the WHO, scientists need to widen their search for treatments for the deadly disease to cover antivirals, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has dispatched a team of senior officers to Masaka to investigate the circumstances under which a civilian self-immolated at Masaka central police station. The motorcyclist identified as Hussein Walugembe, a guard at a construction site burnt himself …
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