Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Hoima Municipality are abandoning hand washing. Frequent hand washing is being implemented world over as a basic protective measure against the new coronavirus disease. According to the World Health Organisation, washing hands with soap and water or using alcohol-based hand rub kills viruses …
Read More »Lawyers with diploma in legal practice from Rwanda not eligible for enrollment in Uganda– High Court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has ruled that lawyers who obtain a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from Rwanda are not eligible to enroll as an Advocate in Uganda. Justice Esta Nambayo’s ruling stems from an application filed by Andrew Bataamwe in 2019. Bataamwe obtained his Bachelors …
Read More »UN postpones all regional climate weeks to 2021
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Africa Climate week meeting which was to be held in Kampala Uganda has been pushed to 2021 over coronavirus pandemic. The meeting which normally attracts African environmentalist and Climate Change expert should have taken place between 20-24th April but it was called off in …
Read More »Court orders KCCA to pay man UGX 20m for illegal arrest
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man who was arrested by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA law enforcement officers has been awarded 20 million shillings in compensation. Steven Olango was arrested from his home in Ntinda in 2014 after hawkers who were fleeing from enforcement officers hid in his compound. Court …
Read More »AstraZeneca, MOH inks deal to help fight hypertension
Blood pressure can be regulated through: 🥗 Balanced diet 🧂 Limit consumption of salt 🏃🏼 Exercise daily for 30 mins 👨🏾⚕️ Go for regular checkups Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | AstraZeneca, a global science-led biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines, primarily for …
Read More »Vision group employee in Mbarara found dead
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An employee of Vision Group in Mbarara District who went missing three days ago has been found dead. Christine Kabasweka Akiiki’s body was discovered on Saturday in her room on Mayor’s house along Bucunku Road. Kabasweka who is from Kachwamba, Fort Portal Municipality has been …
Read More »Why only 74,000 case files were submitted to ccourt in 2019
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Records at the Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID have revealed that only 34% of the 215,224 recorded crimes in 2019 were taken courts of law. CID headed by Assistant Inspector General of Police –AIGP Grace Akullo, submitted only 74,810 case files to court. This translates to …
Read More »Is Kadaga fighting Oulanyah?
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rivalry between the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga and Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has once again come to the fore, with a proposal reportedly aimed at impeaching Oulanyah in offing. MPs from the Busoga caucus reportedly started collecting signatures to impeach Oulanyah …
Read More »Five Tanzanians arrested for violating COVID-19 guidelines in Rakai
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five Tanzanian nationals have been arrested in Rakai district for sneaking into Uganda despite the closure of borders to human traffic. The borders were closed as one of the measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease. Only long distance trucks are allowed to cross, …
Read More »Gov’t ordered to pay UPDF officer UGX 46m for untaken leave
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has ordered the government to pay retired Captain Samuel Ogwal Onapa 46 million shillings for his untaken leave. In his Judgement delivered on Friday, Justice Musa Ssekaana agreed with Onapa that since joining the army in October 2001, up to his retirement in …
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