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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security operatives in Kikuube district have arrested four Congolese Nationals for illegal entry into the country. The Congolese whose identities have since been concealed by security operatives were arrested on Thursday after they allegedly crossed into the country through Lake Albert. They were arrested on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries that have been receiving money in the form of investment in exploration activities – search for minerals – like Uganda will see this dry up as companies cut their spending due to the impact of the coronavirus . This is according to the World …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of elderly persons and People with Disabilities-PWDs in Luweero town council are starving because of the COVID-19 lock down. Uganda has so far registered 53 confirmed COVID-19 cases. To contain the spread of the virus, President Yoweri Museveni announced several preventive measures, which included …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five suspects have been remanded to Kitalya government prison on charges of illegal possession of wildlife species. The five appeared on Thursday before Buganda Road Grade One Magistrate Asuman Muhumuza. They are Yasin Muyiga, Pascal Luyiga, James Munguuchi, James Frank and Patrick Alyon. Prosecution contends …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola has stopped police officers from using individual vehicles as it is deemed to contradict the presidential ban on both private and public vehicles as part of the measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. In his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 20 out of 45 sanitizer brands tested by the National Drug Authority -NDA had an alcohol content of 60 percent, with a capability to kill bacteria and other micro-organisms as stated on the labels. Among those that have passed the quality tests include …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Agriculture has started a nationwide vaccination of cattle affected by the Foot and Mouth Disease [FMD]. Addressing the press at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, State Minister for Animal Industry Bright Rwamirama said that the government is going to spend 14 billion …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandans are embracing virtual collaboration to foster continuity of programmes amid a lockdown that affected the day to day lifestyles and routines in the world of work.    This follows a ban on public gatherings declared by the government as one of the measures to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Buganda Road Magistrates Court has today remanded Francis Nayebare, a former member of National Crime Preventers Forum to prison on charges of illegal possession of government stores. It is alleged that between April 5-6th, 2020 Nayebare was found in possession of a pair of handcuffs …

Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Several patients were turned away from Buhehe Health Center III in Buhehe Sub-county in Busia district on Tuesday due to lack of national identity cards. Dr. Florence Mugala, the Buhehe Health Center III in Charge, explains that they turned away patients without National identity …