Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A pay roll officer at Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is in trouble for spreading false information indicating that Uganda had registered its first coronavirus death. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga says Adam Obec circulated information on social media claiming that Uganda had recorded its first COVID-19 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Order Management Act-POMA is now redundant after a recent court decision that expunged a section that gave the Inspector General of Police sweeping powers stop public gatherings, a section of Ugandan lawyers has said. The section was often cited by security officers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has on his 65th birthday recognized the Former Democratic Party (DP) President, Dr Paul Kawanga Ssemogerere. Unlike the previous years when the Kabaka’s birthday was celebrated amidst pomp, the Kingdom cancelled this year’s activities due to the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA has revealed plans to resettle street children with their families after the COVID-19 lockdown. KCCA has gathered and housed over 60 of the intended 150 street children at the school amidst COVID-19 lockdown at Nakivubo Blue Primary School. The children …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono district task force has suspended plans to setup the COVID-19 isolation center citing lack of resources. Although the Task force had identified Limkokwing university study center, the former Namataba vocational Institute to host the isolation facility, it lacks basic utilities like electricity and water. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A masked child with tears rolling down her cheeks and a world stud in chains, embody some of the artworks that visual artistist Rashid Abdhufatah is using to raise awareness on COVID-19, in Kampala. Abdhulfatah’s murals which stand out on building walls in parts of …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police is with working with Foreign Affairs Ministry to repatriate the bodies of two suspected Congolese militiamen killed in Hoima district to the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. The deceased whose bodies are still lying at Hoima hospital mortuary, have been identified as 25-year-old Ozelle …
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NEW PACKAGE: ABSA Uganda customers to be offered payment holidays of up to 6 months to help mitigate effects of COVID-19 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda and the rest of the world confront the public health, financial and economic implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, Absa Bank Uganda …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The border community living at the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC border at Mpondwe, Kasese district spent Easter struggling to get food. President Museveni last month ordered the closure of all Ugandan borders for both exits and entries on grounds that it would help prevent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Russians and a Uganda national have been arrested in Kitgum district for violating movement restrictions as part of the preventive measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease pandemic. William Komakech, the Kitgum Resident District commissioner says the suspects were picked up …
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