Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of COVID-19 positive returnees is on the rise according to results released by the Ministry of Health today. Since Uganda started receiving returnees, 29 have tested positive for COVID-19. All the cases were detected during institutional quarantine at different centers. The most …
Read More »Onduparaka FC announce Bainomugisha as new head coach
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua based Uganda Premier League side, Onduparaka football club has today announced Vialli Bainomugisha as the new head coach. Bainomugisha replaces Livingstone Mbabazi who left the club few months ago with former Uganda Cranes defender Simeon Masaba taking on the role as acting head coach …
Read More »Vulnerable children reunited with families to reduce on numbers in child care homes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two children homes in Mukono municipality are tracing and reuniting children with their families to reduce on the number of children in the homes. The homes which include Good Samaritan in Nasuuti and Kuza home in Seeta trading centre argue that they are running out …
Read More »Sebaggala seeks People Power support in quest for political comeback
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Kampala city mayor Al Hajji Nasser Ntege Sebaggala has quit the National Resistance Movement-NRM party and joined People Power, a pressure group led by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. Sebaggala, a former member of the Democratic Party today returned forms to the …
Read More »Police Air Wing trains floods, medical rescue teams
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force Air Wing has set up units to handle floods, medical and terrorism evacuations. Col. Ham Kaija, the commandant of police Air Wing said terrorism, medical and floods rescue teams have been trained so that police can match their counterparts in other …
Read More »Local gov’t PS dispatches team to investigate corruption in Abim
Abim, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Local Government, Ben Kamumanya has sent a team to Abim district to investigate allegations of corruption, fraud and misuse of public funds. The team is led by Charles Mwijukye, the senior inspector Ministry of Local Government. It will investigate misuse …
Read More »Lockdown upshots drive more people into farming
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A sizeable percentage of locals in Acholi Sub-region whose livelihood were affected by the lockdown directives issued by the government to contain COVID-19 have embraced farming as an alternative for sustaining their livelihood. The government issued lockdown restrictions in March, a move that saw the …
Read More »Queen Elizabeth national park communities reject survey report
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Busunga Village, in Kasese District on Thursday rejected a survey report from the Ministry of Lands. The survey was conducted by the ministry to harmonize park boundaries before Queen Elizabeth National Park erects an electric fence on the 21 Kilometer stretch along Kasese-Kikorongo. …
Read More »Uganda clays declares UGX 88m loss for 2019
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Clays Limited has announced a loss of 88 million Shillings for the 2019 calendar year, ending a short spell at returning profit. The construction materials maker said today that its gross profit dropped drastically from a 1.9 billion Shilling profit recorded in 2018. The …
Read More »Gov’t concludes plan to give pads, underwear to vulnerable girls
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education has finalized plans to distribute sanitary towels, petty Coats, and knickers to close to 15,000 vulnerable girls across the country. The initiative is part of the seven billion Shillings project under the Global Fund, to keep girls in schools. Ismail Mulindwa, …
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