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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mpigi district Covid-19 taskforce has asked government to allow them use the money returned by their area Members of Parliament to buy Personal Protective Equipment-PPEs for health workers and relief food for residents. The Resident District Commissioner who also chairs the District Covid19 Task Force …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Plans by Kisoro district COVID-19 task force to provide accommodation to health officials operating in Covid-19 hot spots have hit a snag due to lack of funds. The areas include Kisoro and St Francis Mutorere hospitals, Uganda-Rwanda border of Chanika, Uganda- Democratic Republic of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One hundred and eighty of the 833 prisoners recently pardoned by President Yoweri Museveni were Rwandans. The release of the 180 Rwandans is a sign that despite the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic,  Uganda is continuing to implement measures agreed in the Luanda Peace …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has awarded 75 million shillings to a girl who was injured by a stray bullet. Grace Nabwami, a former student of Makerere University Business School-MUBS was in 2013 hit by a stray bullet fired by a police officer attached to Kabalagala police station. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nearly all people and business owners who were declared non-essential during the COVID-19 lockdown and therefore not expected to leave their homes are seeking for loan restructuring, Centenary bank has said. In a zoom meeting with small businesses owners on Thursday, Centenary Bank General …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Majority of the people that have tested positive for COVID-19 in Uganda did not present any of the common symptoms associated with COVID-19. The symptoms associated with COVID-19 include fever, flu, cough, general body weakness and difficulty in breathing. Last month, the US Centers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi regional coronavirus task force is bothered by the uncontrolled disposal of waste by truck drivers along major highways saying it could spread the coronavirus disease to communities. The task force members say much as efforts are being made to restrict the movement …

  Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luweero has intercepted a coronavirus (COVID-19) positive truck driver and a female friend. The driver was on his way to Elegu border in Amuru district. The 28-year-old Ugandan truck driver was intercepted at a road block mounted by police at Don Petrol …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several leaders in Bunyoro sub region are protesting government’s decision to close illegal landing sites on Lake Albert shores without consulting them. Last week, Maj. General Leopold Kyanda, the UPDF Chief of Staff for Land Forces held a meeting with top security officials in the …

Namaying, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Buswale sub-county have complained about the poor state of the roads in Namayingo and Busia.      The 24-kilometer road which connects the two districts of Namayingo and Busia through Bumoli-Lumboka in Buswale sub-county to Bukobe in Masafu sub-county in Busia district is …