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Kumi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 65- year- old woman has been killed in her garden over a land conflict. The deceased, identified as Esther Ajemel, a resident of Kacelakweny Parish in Ongino Sub-county, Kumi District was cut into pieces by her neighbour, Emma Okello, 21, who found her digging …
Read More »Two traders hospitalized after alleged torture by Amuru RDC’s aides
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two charcoal traders are hospitalized at Luweero Hospital in critical condition after they were allegedly tortured by aides of Amuru Resident District Commissioner Linda Agnes Auma. The two traders identified as Hawa Namubiru and Elvis Mugula, both residents of Kiwogozi zone in Luweero Town Council …
Read More »Four COVID-19 positive truck drivers isolated at Arua hospital
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four truck drivers who were intercepted at Pakwach on Thursday night after testing positive for COVID-19 have been isolated at Arua Regional Referral Hospital. The truck drivers who entered Uganda through Mutukula through Kampala on their way to the Democratic Republic of Congo, were tested …
Read More »Parliament demands statutory instruments on COVID-19 directives
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament has tasked the Office of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to prepare legal instruments to effect the current measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease- COVID-19. Bugiri Municipality MP Asuman Basalirwa and West Budama South MP …
Read More »Jinja RDC remanded to Busesa prison
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Jinja Resident District Commissioner Eric Sakwa has been charged with manslaughter and malicious damage of property. The committed the crimes while enforcing presidential directives on the prevention of COVID-19. Sakwa appeared before the Jinja Grade One Magistrate Anne Komuhangi on Thursday afternoon minutes after …
Read More »Victoria University dons ask government to enact online education law
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The government should formulate a law to guide online education activities in times when learners are unable to face their teachers or lecturers, dons from Victoria University (Uganda) have said. Bill R. Nkeeto, the dean for the faculty of Business and Management and Fred …
Read More »Lockdown: Section of cloth, electronics dealers resort to food vending
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Saudah Namawejje, a resident in Nsooba in Kawempe division on Kampala is one of the people vending fresh produce near Muluya market found in Kalerwe. Namawejje joined the fresh food business to earn some daily income and put food on the table. Prior to …
Read More »MPs ask gov’t to find solution to entry of truck drivers into Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have tasked the government to come up with lasting solutions to address the entry of truck drivers into the country. This was during plenary session on Friday chaired by Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. Last night, Uganda registered …
Read More »Cargo drivers fault police for checking their trucks without protective gears
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cargo truck drivers have raised concern about police officers examining their trucks without wearing protective gear saying it exposes them to contracting coronavirus. Through Haulers Cargo Truck Driver’s Association which comprises about 1000 truck drivers spread across the East African region, the truck drivers …
Read More »CSOs want funding for recruitment of additional health workers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 143 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are calling for funding to support the recruitment of health workers to enforce interventions of COVID-19. In the letter to donors who include GAVI the vaccines alliance, Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Global Financing Facility, …
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