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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  At least seven Local Defence Units- LDU personnel have been sentenced to two months in military prison for brutality. Uganda People’s Defence Forces -UPDF First Infantry Division court-martial on Tuesday heard, convicted and sentenced seven LDUs and one civilian at Kakiri Division headquarters. The accused who appeared …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an unprecedented rise in screen time and raising safety risks for millions of young people, according to Child Rights defenders. More than 1.5 billion children and young people have …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Fresh floods have destroyed several crop gardens in Butaleja district causing farmers huge loses. The floods were triggered by heavy rains that pounded the district on Monday evening. They mainly affected rice gardens in Busaba and Nawanjofu sub counties where a number of gardens were washed …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Chief Executive Officer of Electricity regulatory authority-ERA, Ziria Tibalwa, has said that power generation agencies are exhausting the reserved power sources to ensure that, there is the constant power supply in the whole country.  Turbines at the three main power supply plants of Nalubaale, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | What if President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was not a politician? Would he probably have been a comedian. A few lines from his speeches are comical and captivating and somehow make one imagine that with Museveni in the same ring, probably the likes of Mariach, Pablo, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is considering adding two other testing methods to its COVID-19 response plan. Currently, Uganda is using the Polymerase Chain Reaction where swabs are used to detect viruses from the nose or throat as recommended by the World Health Organization-WHO. However, due …

  Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a suspension of US funding to the World Health Organization because he said it had covered up the seriousness of the COVID-19 outbreak in China before it spread around the world. Trump told a press conference he was …

  Uganda, as a result of previous experiences in combating epidemics like Ebola and HIV, has gained a global reputation as a leader in public health COMMENT | Dr Bruce Tumwine Rwabasonga | By now, everyone across the world has been impacted in one way or another by COVID-19. As expected, a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed security officers who don’t have protective gear like shields and helmets to fire at those throwing stones at them. Speaking at State House Nakasero today, Museveni said that throwing stones to officers on duty who have no protective gear is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four senior officials from the office of the Prime Minister have been charged with colluding to commit a fraudulent practice in disregard of provisions of procurement regulations. The officials who include the Permanent Secretary Christine Guwatudde Kintu, undersecretary Joel Wanjala, Assistant Commissioner for Procurement Fred …