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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is extending the Uganda Graduate Volunteer Scheme to the different districts within the country. The scheme that was launched in January 2019 has only served places within the Kampala metropolitan area. The scheme is meant to offer skills to thousands of children who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Yellow fever vaccination will be included in the routine immunization schedule. According to the Ministry of Health, following the recently declared yellow fever outbreak in the country, government plans to introduce vaccination later this year. The Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng says that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered the force’s Legal Director Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Erasmus Twaruhuka to vacate office in the absence of a running contract. Sources at Naguru police headquarters have intimated to Uganda Radio Network – URN …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The veterans’ call-up centre at the first Infantry division based at Kakiri in Wakiso district has enlisted more than the allocated quota of veterans in the just concluded mobilization exercise. Up to 15 call-up centres were opened up across the country targeting honourably discharged …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Local Government has taken over the administration of Nansana Municipal Council in Wakiso following complaints about corruption and abuse of office by officials. Local Government Permanent Secretary Ben Kumumanya said the take over was made to allow for a clean up of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is not planning to send teams from Kampala to manage the reported outbreak of Crimean Congo fever in Kagadi district. Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever is a widespread disease caused by a tick-borne virus, transmitted to people either by tick bites or through …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Appointments Committee of Parliament has eventually cleared Kyaka South Member of Parliament Jackson Kafuuzi Karugaba to take on the position of Deputy Attorney General. Kafuuzi was appointed during President Yoweri Museveni’s latest cabinet reshuffle, announced in December 2019, to take on a position hitherto …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An Imam in Kayunga District, Mohammed Mutumba 27, who married a fellow man, has been further remanded to Ntenjeru Prison. On Friday, Mutumba appeared at the Chief Magistrate’s Court, but the case could not proceed due to the absence of the Chief Magistrate Juliet …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the budget committee have summoned ministers for Defence and security to explain why the sector failed to comply with gender and equity requirements. The decision stemmed from a presentation from Equal Opportunities Commission on the gender and equity responsiveness of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee started considering the Opposition constitutional amendments. Led by the Leader of Opposition Betty Aol Ocan, the Shadow Attorney-General appeared before the Committee to present and defend proposals in the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill, 2019. Some of …