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Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Police on Thursday night arrested a woman in Central Division, Kitgum Municipality after she rejected directives to close down her bar. The suspect engaged security officers led by the Kitgum Resident District Commissioner in a fight during an operation to close down bars for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Prisons has halted routine visits to inmates in its facilities as part of the preventive measures against coronavirus. Margret Orik, the Northern Region Prisons Commander disclosed this to URN in an interview on Thursday. She explained that the top Uganda Prison Services leadership has …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A number of travelers who entered Uganda through Entebbe are dissatisfied with services and costs charged at one of the Health Ministry recommended self-quarantine hotels.  The travelers being held at Entebbe Central Inn say apart from the costs, they were not fully informed about what …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA has banned weekly markets, open markets and road side markets in the city effective 19th March. The move is part of the preventive measures against the COVID 19. It comes a day after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni directed the closure …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  As the school term has been cut shot due to the country wide covid-19 mitigation measures, the Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has halted registration process for candidates who will sit for national examinations this year. The moves come a time when schools have been advising …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Justice Forum Party- JEEMA has punched holes in the preventive guidelines issued by government on the Corona Virus- COVID 19 pandemic. In his nationwide address on the COVID 19 pandemic on Wednesday evening, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordered the closure of all academic institutions by …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Among the most outstanding orders that government-issued was the banning of a religious congregation. Speaking to the country on Wednesday, President Yoweri Museveni said, after closing education institutions that are the major concentration of people, there was a need to also deal with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice, Bart Katureebe has suspended all court hearings and appearances for 32 days as part of the preventive measures against the coronavirus. In his statement issued on Thursday afternoon, Justice Katureebe says the directive takes effect March 20th, 2020 and affects cases at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief of Defence Forces –CDF, Gen David Muhoozi, has directed his deputy Lt Gen Wilson Mbadi to form an anti-coronavirus task enforcement team that will work alongside the ministry of health to encounter the global pandemic. Gen Muhoozi issued the directive to Lt Gen …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A day after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni issued 14 directives on preventing coronavirus (COVID-19), the Inspector General of Police – IGP Martin Ochola, has summoned directors and commanders to deliberate on the strategy for implementation. Museveni on Wednesday issued guidelines to cub the pandemic …