Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty-three -year-old Benon Baryaremwa is living in pain and crying out for help after spending over eight years with unknown illness. Baryaremwa is a resident of Mpanga Cell in Kabambiro sub county in Kamwenge district. Baryaremwa developed strange pain in the chest which would …
Read More »Entebbe Hospital opens mobile clinics for HIV, lifestyle disease patients
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has started operating weekly mobile clinics for people living with HIV, diabetes and hypertension. The clinics will operate daily and weekly depending on the demand and in designated areas in and near Entebbe Municipality. The decision to regularize the operation …
Read More »Team named to finalize set up of an Adhola TV, radio
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Jago (Prime Minister) of The Tieng Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI) has named a team of 27 to finalize the set up of a television station, radio and online operations. A statement from the office of the Jago Obbo Richard Josel on Sunday stated that, …
Read More »Court orders parking yard operator to pay UGX 135M for burnt vehicle
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High court has ordered businessman Ahmed Ntulume, the proprietor of a commercial parking yard in Nansana municipality in Wakiso district to compensate Charles Male for the loss of his vehicle that was burnt in his parking yard. The judgment stems from a suit filed …
Read More »Two children die at Kapchorwa General Hospital weekly due to lack of blood
Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least two children die at Kapchorwa General Hospital in Kapchorwa district every week due to lack of blood- Uganda Radio Network has learnt. The Hospital medical superintendent, Dr. Ayubu Wangubo says the absence of blood has hit hard the health facility which is …
Read More »Mpigi district wants health center IV elevated to hospital status
Mpigi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities in Mpigi District are mooting for the elevation of Nakasongola health centre IV to a hospital status to improve service delivery. The Health Center receives an average of 800 patients every month. It also attends to accident victims along the Kampala-Masaka Highway. It …
Read More »Mixed reaction to sh10,000 per employee for COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Response Fund for Covid-19 has appealed to all company heads to help raise sh10,000 from each of their employees in Uganda in the next two months. The committee aims to raise sh30 billion to add to their target of 70 Billion and 10 …
Read More »Byanyima calls for equality in COVID-19 vaccine, medicine and test kits
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | UNAIDS Executive Director Engineer Winnie Byanyima has advised that COVID-19 vaccines must be free to all races in case Scientists discover one. She says World leaders must unite behind the development what she has called “a people vaccine” Byanyima in a message ahead of the …
Read More »Hoima residents abandon hand washing
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Hoima Municipality are abandoning hand washing. Frequent hand washing is being implemented world over as a basic protective measure against the new coronavirus disease. According to the World Health Organisation, washing hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses …
Read More »Lawyers with diploma in legal practice from Rwanda not eligible for enrollment in Uganda– High Court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has ruled that lawyers who obtain a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from Rwanda are not eligible to enroll as an Advocate in Uganda. Justice Esta Nambayo’s ruling stems from an application filed by Andrew Bataamwe in 2019. Bataamwe obtained his Bachelors …
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