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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A resident at Kitandwe Zone in Nakifuma-Naggalama town council in Mukono district has set his house ablaze claiming frustration arising out of the ongoing lockdown. The man identified as Yuda Taddeo Sserunjogi first sent his family of five children and their mother to his ancestral …
Read More »Floods destroy 25 houses in Kisoro
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Floods have destroyed 25 homes in Muramba Sub County in Kisoro district. The floods were triggered by heavy rains that hit the area on Thursday night lasting for over five hours. Bernard Mushime, a resident of Sooko parish, says the floods erupted after the water …
Read More »Police deploys heavily at city mortuary ahead of Glaser’s postmortem
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy police deployment in and around Kampala Capital City Mortuary where the body of suspected German paedophile Bernhard Glaser Berry is being held. Dozens of both uniformed and plain cloth security officers have deployed strategically around the facility. Those accessing the mortuary are screened …
Read More »Court directs gov’t to ensure lawyers access their clients
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division has directed government to provide detailed mechanisms to ensure that all lawyers access their clients. Justice Michael Elubu issued the order on Thursday afternoon, saying there is need for government to provide the mechanisms to guard against the constitutional rights …
Read More »Africa could have 44 million COVID-19 infections this year- WHO
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African continent will have 44 million infections and about 19,000 deaths if countries fail to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease-COVID-19. This is according to a study carried out by the World Health Organisation regional office for Africa and published in the British …
Read More »Floods cut off roads in greater Luweero
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several feeder roads are impassable after heavy rains washed away culverts leaving farmers stranded in Greater Luweero districts. The major affected roads are Katuba-Moone, Nabutaka –Ntuuti and Nabutaka -Mukanyikamondo which connects Nakasongola to Luweero district. Other roads are Nalongo-Kakabala –Namatogonya, Nakafumu-Mpigi, Bulawula-Kanyogogga, Nandere-Butiki and Kasana-Lugogo which …
Read More »Kadaga unaware of constituency COVID-19 taskforce
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has denied knowledge of the proposed Constituency Covid-19 Task Force. Kadaga made the statement on Thursday during the plenary sitting. Media reports have for the past two days indicated that a Tuesday meeting between President Museveni and a select …
Read More »Kadaga tasks Minister to justify suspension of district council meetings
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has questioned the suspension of district council meetings during the coronavirus crisis describing the move by the Ministry of Local Government as a ‘suspension of democracy.’ This followed a concern raised by Nakasongola County MP Noah Mutebi Wanzala …
Read More »Truck drivers giving false information at entry points – Health Ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health and other agencies are facing problems tracking truck drivers who have tested positive to coronavirus disease- COVID-19. According to officials on the National COVID-19 Task Force, it has become increasingly hard to trace drivers and their contacts because as they …
Read More »COVID-19: 32 sex workers quarantined in Kabale
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty two commercial sex workers have been quarantined in Kabale district as health authorities hunt for the contacts of a truck driver who tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The truck driver was intercepted on April 24th 2020 as he was returning from Rwanda …
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