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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Health Insurance Scheme Bill, 2019 will be useful to Uganda if it can ensure access to health not only the contributors and their dependents but even the most indigent, the Uganda Human Rights Commission(UHRC) has recommended. The commission which was appearing before …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Denis Tukamushaba alias Chicharito, the Proprietor of Eagle Tours and Travel in Kabale district has been arrested for allegedly helping Rwandan nationals to acquire Ugandan national identity cards. Tukamushaba, a resident of Bufuka village in Kitumba Sub County, Kabale district was detained after responding to …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that for countries to improve Early Childhood Development (ECD), they need to ensure that children and infants receive responsive care in the first three years of birth. In its new guidelines released on Tuesday, WHO recommends that governments …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police on have received the Closed Circuit Television –CCTV footage of the killers of Rodgers Nasasira, a security guard at Good Neighbours a Non-Governmental Organisation –NGO in Bukasa-Muyenga, in Kampala. Nasasira was found dead by workmates who arrived at the office at around 7 am …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The army historical command warned president Yoweri Museveni about the direction the country was taking 12 years after he took power, URN has learnt. The historical command is an informal group comprising eleven senior army commanders of the then National Resistance Army-NRA, which ushered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The closing statements in the trial of former rebel Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA Commander, Dominic Ongwen at the International Criminal Court-ICC evoked memories of the two-decade insurgency in Northern Uganda. It follows the live streaming of the concluding arguments on Ongwen’s trial which is being …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Motor Industry Association which brings together vehicle importers has petitioned parliament to give them the contract for motor vehicle inspection. Government contracted SGS or SGS-Societe Generale De Surveillance, a Swiss firm in 2015 to conduct the mandatory vehicle inspection. However, Government has …

Rubirizi, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The newly opened Justice, Law and Order Centre in Rubirizi district, has excited residents.  The 1.6 billion Shillings facility houses the Magistrate’s court, the Offices of the Director of Public Prosecution and police station. Rubirizi District, which was curved from Greater Bushenyi in 2010 has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has hailed the new Uganda-Europe partnership saying it is important for the latter to invest in the country since it is a two way benefit. He was speaking at the closure of a two day Uganda-Europe Business Forum at Speke Resort …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Government erroneously sent Shillings 2.2 billion to support Ugandan students stuck in China following Corona virus outbreak, the Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary, Keith Muhakanizi has revealed. In a letter dated March 10, 2020, addressed to the Ugandan Embassy in Beijing, China, Muhakanizi says that the …