Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has restricted travelling to nine more countries that have been hit by COVID 19. The affected countries are San Marino, Belgium, USA, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Austria and Malaysia. According to the health ministry, these countries have reported large cumulative numbers of infected …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Climate change is having a major effect on all aspects of the environment as well as on the health and the well being of the global population. This is according to a new flagship report on the state of the Global Climate released …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Simon Nkonge, the Commandant of the Cyber Unit at Kampala Central Police Station is in trouble for allegedly of extorting $60,000 (sh223 million) from a city businessman. Nkonge was picked up on Wednesday morning by operatives from the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence–CMI shortly after reportedly …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a need for intensive sensitization on cancer amongst Ugandans including health workers, the Public Accounts Committee of parliament has heard. Dr Jackson Orem, the Director of Uganda Cancer Institute disclosed this while appearing before PAC to respond to queries in the Auditor …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have raised a red flag against two popular eye drop brands Probeta and Dexamethasone, which are often applied to treat itchy eyes, discharges, pain and allergies. They say that the two have been found to cause permanent blindness. Dr Anne Ampaire, an ophthalmologist …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Peoples’ Congress will hold its national delegates conference in May. This was announced by Osinde Orach the party’s spokesperson, during a press conference held on Wednesday at the party’s headquarters in Kampala. Osinde said that party members who want to contest for any …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The double fire incident at Gayaza High School might be a tip of the iceberg on the multitudes of underlying challenges choking the country’s oldest all-girls boarding school. The school registered two fire incidents in a space of two days. The first one, on …
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Best times | RESULT THIS WEEKEND 50 butterfly 29.88 | 50 yards freestyle 25.27 | 25.89 100 yards freestyle 54.86 | 56.3 200 yards freestyle …. | 2:06.36 secs 200 Yards Medley Relay…. | 2:03.22 200 yards free relay …. | 1:49.66 Iowa, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | Two weeks …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Health Insurance Scheme Bill, 2019 will be useful to Uganda if it can ensure access to health not only the contributors and their dependents but even the most indigent, the Uganda Human Rights Commission(UHRC) has recommended. The commission which was appearing before …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Denis Tukamushaba alias Chicharito, the Proprietor of Eagle Tours and Travel in Kabale district has been arrested for allegedly helping Rwandan nationals to acquire Ugandan national identity cards. Tukamushaba, a resident of Bufuka village in Kitumba Sub County, Kabale district was detained after responding to …
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