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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Political Parties with representation in parliament organized under the Interparty Organization for Dialogue-IPOD have called for a joint effort to fight coronavirus. The call was made by IPOD council comprising Secretary Generals’ of the different parties who converged at the office of the Prime …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ongoing lockdown has affected the distribution of newspapers in Karamoja, a region located about 350 kilometres from the capital Kampala. The newspaper scarcity started after the ban on public transport one of the measures announced by the government to control COVID-19. The region …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | British American Tobacco (BAT) US bio-tech subsidiary, Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP), is developing a potential vaccine for COVID-19 and is now in pre-clinical testing. If testing goes well, BAT is hopeful that with the right partners and support from government agencies, between 1 and 3 …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Government Minister for Raphael Magyezi has directed Local governments to close down all markets that are not observing the measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. Magyezi issued the order during a press conference in which he announced guidelines for local …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients discharged from hospitals around Masaka can now find transport means to their respective homes after a clearance by Herman Ssentongo, the Masaka Resident District Commissioner. Ssentongo has responded to the outcries of scores of discharged patients that have been stuck at different hospitals …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several village council chairpersons in Wakiso district have embarked on registering and mobilizing of residents within their jurisdiction in preparation for the scheduled distribution of food and other relief items amidst confusion of distribution pattern. The food distribution by government has been flagged off …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank Uganda office has donated Uganda Shillings 57bn (USD 15m) towards the country’s fight to the spread of coronavirus. The money according to Antony Thompson, the World Bank Uganda Country director, will be re-allocated from the Reproductive Maternal and Child Health Services …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Acholi Paramount Chief Rwot David Onen Acana II is currently stuck in the United Kingdom following a worldwide lockdown over the coronavirus Pandemic. Acana who heads the Ker Kwaro Acholi Chiefdom, flew to London for personal business in March. He was also scheduled to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health is tracing more than 2000 travelers who are suspected to have been exposed to COVID-19  as they travelled to Uganda. The travelers came from Dubai and other high risk countries before the government announced restrictions on travelers from countries like …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police is holding a 24-year-old man who hoodwinked people in Soroti that he can cure COVID-19, with a concoction of herbal medicine. Speaking to Journalists at the Uganda Media Centre today, police spokesperson Fred Enanga said they couldn’t allow the suspect, identified as …