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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Musa Ssekaana has awarded the Tooro Kingdom Queen Mother, Best Kemigisa Shillings 83 million in damages arising from a defamation suit she filed against The Redpepper Publications Limited. The suit stemmed from an article published by the Red pepper titled “Tooro Queen Mother …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At the closure of the Annual Dental Conference and Symposium on Friday, dental practitioners encouraged clinicians and the public to embrace preventive dentistry as a way of dealing with enormous expenses involved in treatment and unnecessary loss of teeth to caries. Dr. Baker Nkulumbi, one …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Coronavirus continues to disrupt economic and social events as experts fear it may spread further and worsen the situation. The latest development concerns the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda that last evening (March 13) announced on behalf of the East African Community Institutes of …

Kigali, Rwanda | AFP |  Rwanda on Saturday confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus — an Indian citizen who arrived last week from Mumbai, the health ministry said. “He is currently under treatment in stable condition, isolated from other patients. The tracing of all contacts has been conducted …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Health Ministry has warned Ugandans against circulating wrong information about corona virus on social media. Dr. Henry Mwebesa, the Director-General of Health Services, says as the Ministry is struggling to keep Corona virus at bay, they are also battling misinformation spreading on social media …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A teenager in Kayunga district has succumbed to injuries he sustained in a brawl. Sharif Bosa, a resident of Kangulumira trading center in Kangulumila Sub-county was pronounced dead at Jinja regional referral hospital emergence unit on Friday evening. Bosa was allegedly stabbed twice in the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Stephen Tumutegyereize, a former Makerere University lecturer who was dismissed with disgrace is seeking to overturn the decision citing unfair termination of his contract.  Tumutegyereize is among 45 Makerere university employees who were sacked in December 2018 by the University Appointments Board. The decision to …

Rukungiri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Truck drivers in Rukungiri municipality have nowhere to answer nature’s call following their relocation by the authorities from Nabugabo stage to Ntungamo stage. The new stage has no toilet facility. The available facility is half way built by the municipal authorities. Charles Makuru, the Rukungiri …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Bunyangabu District council has blocked a proposal to buy a vehicle for the District Education Department. The Education Department has never received an official vehicle since the district was created in 2017. Last year, Bunyangabu District Education Committee submitted a proposal for the purchase of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Leader of Opposition, Nathan Nandala Mafabi has condemned the arrest of Gen. Henry Tumukunde, saying it is a sign of cowardice by President Yoweri Museveni. The former spy chief and Security Minister was picked up by a joint security from his Kololo …