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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two mentally sick people on Thursday gained access to the Covid-19 treatment centre at Arua Regional Referral Hospital sparking fear among health workers. In March, the management of Arua hospital resolved to relocate more than 20 mentally ill patients from the mental clinic to …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Senior officers in Uganda Police Force have started investigating reports of rampant cattle thefts in the savannah region. The task started with a meeting between a team led by the Deputy Inspector General of Police Sabiiti Muzeeyi and police commanders in the region purposed …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara municipality has registered a huge shortfall in local revenue collection for the financial year 2019/2020. According to a report by the Mayor Robert Kakyebezi Mugabe, 3.9 billion shillings was realized out of the expected 6.4 billion shillings. Kakyebezi says that they had expected …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Katwe Kabatooro Town Council, in Kasese district, is holding two men who were found in possession of contaminated meat. The head of the Veterinary Department at the district Geoffrey Kalule says that the meat tested positive for anthrax which poses a threat to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has said it does not have any responsibility over nationals who went to various countries across the world through informal ways. Hundreds of Ugandans are stranded in the Middle East in particular, after losing jobs as a result of COVID-19 lockdowns.  Speaking during …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Makerere University has deferred the admission of first-year students to the Bachelors of Dental Surgery Program for the Academic Year 2020/2021. This follows the failure to meet requirements set by the joint East African Medical and Dental Council.      A document from the office …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 700 families from works village in Jinja district are protesting an eviction by Bashir Musa, the proprietor of Hared Petroleum Limited.  The said land, covers six plots, measuring about four acres along Kisinja road and Nile crescent. It was host to the Ministry …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament on Thursday afternoon tasked the Ministry of Education and Sports to take keen interest in the status of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The decision followed a matter of National Importance raised by Kassanda North MP Patrick Nsamba Oshabe in which he complained …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Boda boda cyclists in Kira municipality want to meet President Museveni over the continued lockdown. On Monday, President Museveni said restrictions on boda-bodas, schools, religious gatherings, hawkers, arcades, salons and curfew among others would continue as the country continues to ease the lockdown. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Global Fund has approved US$2.9M (approximately Shs10.8billion) for the procurement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for field teams involved in the recently launched mass mosquito net distribution campaign, the Health Ministry has revealed. The team is expected to distribute Shillings 27 million nets countrywide. …