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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of the Gulu Logistics hub has finally started in Gulu district. The project is being undertaken by Ambitious Construction Limited. Patrick Kinyera, the Gulu district secretary for works said work at the site started early this week with clearance, foundation laying and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen to 741 after nine new cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health from samples drawn on Wednesday. Five of the cases are contacts of previously confirmed cases from Kyotera and Amuru districts, while four of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has appointed Makerere University Kampala Woman Councillor Doreen Nyanjura as his Deputy. Lukwago made the announcement this morning at the Lord Mayor’s Parlor at City Hall, following the resignation of Sarah Kanyike, who said she is retiring from …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Herbalists all over the country have submitted up to 300 herbal remedies for COVID-19 to the Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Institute. According to Dr Grace Nambatya of the NRCI, they have been overwhelmed by the submissions following a call they put out to find herbal remedies …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of residents has vowed not to vacate Namiiro wetland along the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe Municipality. The wetland covers 1,000 hectares stretching from Kiwafu, Kiwafu West and Lugogo-Nakiwogo villages in Entebbe Municipality Division B.   In April President Museveni ordered individuals who have …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has gazetted 37 centres, where Ugandans returning from abroad will be quarantined.  The government is making arrangements for the return of 2,400 Ugandans who were stranded following travel restrictions due to coronavirus disease -COVID-19. According to the Ministry of Health, the Ugandans will return …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The World Health Organization (WHO) has hailed the news that a common steroid, dexamethasone, can potentially help save the lives of patients with severe cases of COVID-19, but it warned that it is by no means a cure-all.   Early findings suggest that for hospitalized coronavirus …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Gulu University acting Secretary Asaph Adedua faces dismissal following a petition to parliament’s Public Accounts Committee-PAC in regard to the institution’s recruitment exercise during the COVID-19 lockdown. Following the lockdown declared by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to tame the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the …

According to the study, turbulence from a toilet bowl caused by flushing can blow aerosol droplets that are potentially infectious to the next person who uses the washroom after an infected person to up to three feet. As a result, the virus can cling on surfaces within the toilet before …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The number of male absentee candidates that register for technical and business programmes examinations is on the rise. This is according to the Uganda Business and Technical Board (UBTEB). According to results released on Wednesday at the examination body’s secretariat located in Ntinda, a total …