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Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district has received 100 bicycles to facilitate different health activities in the district especially. The development comes at a time when there is a lockdown in the country as a measure to try and reduce on the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka division authorities are struggling with proper waste management due to dwindling local revenue collection. There are three divisions in Masaka municipality including Katwe-Butego, Nyendo-Ssenyange and Kimanya-Kyabakuza. The three divisions are chocking with heaps of uncollected garbage. Information from residents shows that garbage has been …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers are concerned about the reduction in the number of patients in hospitals. The health workers argue that the reduction could result in a serious public health crisis for the country. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, President Yoweri Museveni put in place measures to …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The elderly and persons with disabilities in Kasese district have received relief items from the district task force. Distribution targeted about 400 families in areas of railway ward, Kidodo, Kikinzo and Saluti B, all in Kasese Municipality. The group which also included widows and expecting …

Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have recovered an active TNT Bomb from the garden of Aloysius Omasike, a resident of Adodoi village in Mukongoro sub county in Kumi district. The bomb was found by Omasike as he was ploughing his garden together with his children in on Saturday but …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy deployment of police and military personnel at Jinja Magistrates Court ahead of the appearance of area Resident District Commissioner Erick Sakwa who is facing charges of manslaughter, robbery and malicious damage. Court heard that Sakwa caused the death of one Charles Isanga …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi district COVID-19 task force has designated two playgrounds as stopover points for long distance truck drivers. This restrictive measure comes in the wake of an increase in infections among long-distance truck drivers most of them Kenyan and Tanzanian nationals crossing through Uganda to South …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj. Santos Okot Lapolo, the Gulu Resident District Commissioner has recalled all vehicle movement permits issued to motorists in the district citing abuse. Lapolo, who doubles as the Gulu District COVID -19 Taskforce chairperson says after reviewing modalities for issuing the permits, he will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several people are stuck at Mulago National Referral hospital after being discharged due to failure to get transport means back to their homes because of the nationwide lockdown. President Yoweri Museveni banned both private and public transport means on March 18th, 2020, as part …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As patients recovering from coronavirus COVID -19 are discharged and sent back home, there are worries that many are not well prepared for the communities they are facing back at home. Up to 46 people have so far recovered from the viral respiratory infection. …