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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hon. Odonga Otto and Hon. Gilbert Olyanya have been charged with incitement of violence and negligent acts likely to cause the spread of infectious diseases. The Members of Parliament for Aruu County and Kilak South respectively were charged alongside two other suspects identified as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans who may be allowed to return into the country from overseas might face harsh penalties if they in any way violate the conditions of their return. Up to 2,400 Ugandans are stranded abroad as a result of lockdowns occasioned by an outbreak of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 500 bodies go unclaimed at the Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA mortuary every year, according to lead police pathologist, Assistant Inspector General of Police – AIGP Dr Moses Byaruhanga. The police usually have five pathologists conducting postmortems on more than 15 bodies …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A police officer from Masindi central police station who tested positive for COVID-19 has been discharged from Hoima Regional Referral hospital. The detective tested positive for COVID-19 on May 1, 2020, during the Rapid Assessment survey conducted by the health ministry across the country. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries and organizations in Europe under their umbrella Team Europe have announced plans to provide 125 Million Euros (about Shillings 518 billion) in loans to support small and medium Ugandan enterprises to recover from coronavirus impact. In a statement issued on Monday, Team …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | AFP | Universities in Tanzania reopened on Monday, despite a lack of clarity on the spread of coronavirus after the government decided to stop updating figures in April. As students entered dozens of campuses across Tanzania for the first time since mid-March, there were only cursory efforts to impose measures …

Yumbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three South Sudanese Liberation Army- SPLA soldiers have been killed in a gunfire exchange with Uganda People Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers in Goboro along the Uganda-South Sudan border. The SPLA soldiers reportedly entered Kochi sub county in Yumbe district on Sunday afternoon and were intercepted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Association of External Labour Recruitment Agencies has lost 147 billion shillings during the covid-19 pandemic. While appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on National Economy on Monday, Baker Akatambira, the chairperson says that they have lost direct income due to the closure of the …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Marine Unit in Nakasongola has retrieved two bodies of fishermen who drowned in Lake Kyoga on Sunday night. The deceased have been identified Jimmy Odong and Eric Lumu Mukasa, all fishermen at Kabasombwa landing site in Lwampanga sub-county. Kabasombwa village chairman James …

Paris, France | AFP | Banned in some countries, promoted in others — the drug hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for the new coronavirus is dividing opinion worldwide. Scientists looking to find licenced medicines that could be repurposed as a treatment for COVID-19 had started tests of hydroxychloroquine, normally used to …