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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rift in the late Kadongo Kamu Singer, Paul Job Kafeero’s family has ended up in court as his children battle over the property. Court documents before the Family Division of High Court indicate that ten of the children believed to have been mothered …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is struggling to respond to health emergencies following the breakdown of its two ambulances.  The ambulances include one that was in June donated by the Ministry of Health to respond to Covid-19 emergencies and the other given by the government in …

Amuru , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Amuru District Local Government is stuck with dozens of government vehicles that have been grounded for more than five years. At the District headquarters located in Amuru Town Council, several motor vehicles that include double cabin pick-up trucks, 4WDs, mainly of Toyota and Nissan …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Prisons Services have started evacuating inmates from Kitgum Government prisons to turn the facility into a temporary quarantine centre. Prison authorities began moving close to 300 inmates to the neighbouring Orom prison in Orom Sub County, Kitgum District and Lututuru prison in Agoro …

Fort Portal, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda, Tooro chapter, has petitioned the Minister of Local Government Raphael Magyezi over the boundaries of Fort Portal Tourism City.   According to the petition, the religious leaders argue that the approved boundaries are different from what the leaders and residents …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Hundreds of Olailong market vendors in Layibi-Bardege Division in Gulu City on Friday defied the Ministry of Health`s guidelines on Covid-19 following a visit by Betty Aol Ocan, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament.   Aol who is also the Gulu district Woman Member of Parliament …

 Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 1,000 vendors have vacated Cerelendo Market in Gulu East Division. The market which was started in 1997, is the second biggest in the city after Gulu Main Market. Their departure follows a notice served to them at the beginning of July by the …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The prolonged closure of schools is driving more pupils into sand and clay mining sites.   The mining sites of Kajuna, Kasaka and Butenzi in Buwunga sub-county in, Masaka district have lately registered an overflow in the number of children involved in both artisan sand and …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakaseke hospital has registered an increase in the number of women accessing maternal health services. Several residents in Nakaseke had resorted to seeking services from private facilities accusing the medical staff of negligence, corruption and lack of equipment among others. The High Court in Kampala …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More Ugandans are buying insurance through their banks as the channels have boosted confidence in insurance, players have said. Official figures show an upward curve of insurance products through banks, which is technically known as bancassurance. It started in Uganda in 2017 after the amendment …