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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The risk of COVID-19 infection from breastfeeding is negligible and has never been documented, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a call for greater support for the practice even as the world is facing the worst pandemic of all time. Dr Laurence …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new study has found that the readily available Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) used in testing for malaria are missing some positives especially those that have low levels of the disease and those that are asymptomatic. The observational study whose results were released …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Immediately after assuming office in March 2018, the incumbent Inspector of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola disbanded the dreaded Flying Squad Unit– FSU for among other reasons tainting the image of the police force. The Unit that was under the Command of Assistant Commissioner of Police …

Koboko, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police detectives in Koboko are struggling to recover three guns that went missing from Lobule Government Prison last month.  Three warders Chief 3 Khan, the OC Lobule prison, Corporal Johnson Atiku, the in-charge stores and Corporal Zebedee Zakayo, the in-charge armoury were arrested and later …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has drafted a physical plan with the aim of improving land use management, air quality and adaption to climate change in the precincts of Kololo, Makerere, Mulago and Nakasero areas. The draft is a result of the study conducted under the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan judge Suzan Okalany is optimistic that she performed extremely well despite technical glitches that disrupted the public hearing in the search for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor. Okalany is competing for the job with three others; Morris A. Anyah from Nigeria, Fergal Gaynor …

Isngiro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Retired Major Stephen Rwakanuma, the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC Coordinator in Isingiro District has asked the army General Court Martial to release him on bail. The 65-year-old is battling charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, ammunition and military uniform contrary to the Uganda People’s Defense Forces …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district authorities are excited by the pace of the construction works at St. Cyprian Seed Secondary School Ssumbwe in Wakiso Mumyuka Sub County. Construction of the Shillings 2.1 billion school started in August last year and currently stands at 75 percent. The school has …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Presidential Affairs committee are investigating circumstances under which 12 land titles in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Kikuube district are in the hands of individuals.  In the 1960s, 50 square miles of the refugee settlement land was leased to the government for …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Those seeking healthcare under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) that is being discussed in parliament will have to pay for any extra services that they seek outside what is prescribed in the scheme.  Ronald Baggaga, the Legal Counsel to the parliamentary health committee, says …