NEWS

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Executive Director of the National Animal Genetic Resources centre and Data Bank Dr Chales Lagu has been arrested. Dr Langu was arrested on Saturday Afternoon by the State House Anti- Corruption Unit from his home in Mbaguta Cell, Ruharo ward, Kamukuzi Division Mbarara. According …

wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Kira municipality in Wakiso district are receiving chicken and eggs on top of the relief food to households whose livelihood was disrupted by measures to control the spread of COVID-19.   According to the initial arrangement, the government intended to distribute six kilograms of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The National COVID-19 Taskforce has agreed that all trucks entering Uganda will have only one person on board for the next four weeks in a move to control the movement and exposure of Ugandans to foreign truck drivers.  The meeting which was convened yesterday decided …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has embarked on strengthening malaria treatment after community health workers raised complaints of people not being able to go to health facilities for tests and treatment following a lockdown on public transport. Despite a reported surge in malaria cases, many people …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people have reportedly died in a road accident at Kayanja, Namataba along the Kampala-Jinja highway earlier today. The accident which involved four motor vehicles occurred when a Tata-lorry loaded with sugarcane had a head-on collision with a Fuso-lorry registration number UAA 496m which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kampala is holding two suspects for forging COVID-19 vehicle stickers. The two identified as Dickson Mugarura and one only identified as Julius were found with a replica of permits issued by the Ministry of Works and Transport to ease the movement of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Abbavater, the agency managing public relations and communication for Uganda Airlines has been accused of nonpayment of staff despite constant appeals. Abbavater has been Uganda Airlines brand and communications agency since April 2019, when the airline was officially launched and brought in the first …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo district COVID-19 taskforce has resolved to ban long-distance truck drivers from making stopovers in the area as one of the measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease. This restrictive measure comes in the wake of an increase in infections among long-distance truck …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Katooke village in Nansana Municipality are concerned that food that’s distributed by the government might not be enough to take them through the time of the COVID-19 lockdown.   The government is distributing 6 kilograms of Maize Flour and three kilograms of beans to …

 Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Julius Businge | Centenary Bank General Manager in charge of financial markets Benoni Okwenje says the Uganda shilling trading with other foreign currencies’ especially the US dollar will largely remain unchanged in the week that starts tomorrow.  In a notice dated April 24, Okwenje said: …