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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defense Forces -UPDF has finally come out to explain why Local Defense Forces-LDUs are deployed outside their areas of origin. On Tuesday this week, social media was abuzz with a video of Mityana district chairman Joseph Luzige being assaulted by UPDF and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has launched the long awaited COVID-19 mobile laboratories. The mobile labs were supposed to begin work some months back when they were donated but this was all in vain. They couldn’t be launched due to lack of the Polymerase Chain Reaction-PCR machine …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social development have said that they are yet to receive the 2.4 billion Shillings allocated by Parliament to relocate street children in Kampala. The funds were requested in May 2020 through a supplementary budget. In her statement …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s dream to be an oil-producing country may not be realized until 2025, the World Bank has said. In its Economic Update report, the bank says “the sharp decline in world oil prices resulting from the COVID-19 crisis could delay oil sector investments in …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is uncertainty over the future of dozens of street children in Mbale district following their eviction from the Child Restoration Outreach-CRO youth center. CRO is a Non-Governmental Organization which caters for the welfare of street children and operates branches in Jinja, Lira and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM party Electoral Commission has ruled out holding party primaries through electoral colleges. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Dr Tanga Odoi, the chairperson of the party’s Electoral Commission said not withstanding what is taking place in parliament, the party is going elect …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The iconic Bob Marley song One Love is to be re-released to support children whose lives have been upset by COVID-19. This is part of a fundraising initiative by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to save children from the devastating effects of COVID-19. Originally recorded …

🔺  23 new cases 🔺 Total confirmed cases 1000 🔹 Total Deaths: 00 🔸Total Recoveries: 908 🔹 Total of samples tested : 219,627 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has today confirmed 23 new COVID-19 cases from the 3,316 samples tested bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has allocated 500 million shillings for training refugees of Palabek settlement camp in vocational skills. Hillary Onek, the Minister for Refugees and Disaster Preparedness on Wednesday said that the funds will be channeled through Don Bosco Vocational Training Centre, a missionary owned …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Departed Asians Properties’ Custodian Board has up to a week to produce documents relating to 300 Asian properties owned by businessman, Praful Chandra Patel. The subcommittee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE issued the orders when Praful appeared together with his lawyer, …