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Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan cargo truck driver who tested positive for COVID-19 has been intercepted at Mirama Hills border post in Ntungamo district. He was intercepted on Sunday evening returning from Rwanda. The driver is among the 43 confirmed cases that were announced last week. He crossed …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two security officers have been quarantined at Gulu School Clinical Officers in Gulu Municipality after picking money dropped by a truck driver. They include a male police officer and a female Uganda People`s Defense Forces-UPDF soldier who were deployed at Customs corner along Gulu-Nimule highway …

Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty-three -year-old Benon Baryaremwa is living in pain and crying out for help after spending over eight years with unknown illness. Baryaremwa is a resident of Mpanga Cell in Kabambiro sub county in Kamwenge district. Baryaremwa developed strange pain in the chest which would …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has started operating weekly mobile clinics for people living with HIV, diabetes and hypertension. The clinics will operate daily and weekly depending on the demand and in designated areas in and near Entebbe Municipality. The decision to regularize the operation …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Jago (Prime Minister) of The Tieng Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI) has named a team of 27 to finalize the set up of a television station, radio and online operations. A statement from the office of the Jago Obbo Richard Josel on Sunday stated that,  …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High court has ordered businessman Ahmed Ntulume, the proprietor of a commercial parking yard in Nansana municipality in Wakiso district to compensate Charles Male for the loss of his vehicle that was burnt in his parking yard. The judgment stems from a suit filed …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least two children die at Kapchorwa General Hospital in Kapchorwa district every week due to lack of blood- Uganda Radio Network has learnt. The Hospital medical superintendent, Dr. Ayubu Wangubo says the absence of blood has hit hard the health facility which is …

Mpigi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Health authorities in Mpigi District are mooting for the elevation of Nakasongola health centre IV to a hospital status to improve service delivery.  The Health Center receives an average of 800 patients every month. It also attends to accident victims along the Kampala-Masaka Highway.   It …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Response Fund for Covid-19 has appealed to all company heads to help raise sh10,000 from each of their employees in Uganda in the next two months. The committee aims to raise sh30 billion to add to their target of 70 Billion and 10 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  UNAIDS Executive Director Engineer Winnie Byanyima has advised that COVID-19 vaccines must be free to all races in case Scientists discover one. She says World leaders must unite behind the development what she has called “a people vaccine”  Byanyima in a message ahead of the …