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Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Expectant mothers at Kyenjojo general hospital are struggling to share the limited space and beds at the facility. The ward is unable to host all the expectant mothers and those who have given birth. Some of the expectant mothers opt to sleep in the …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Luweero town council are alarmed by truck drivers plying along Kampala-Gulu highway who continue to make stop overs in ungazetted places amidst spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The Trade and Transport National taskforce sub-committee on COVID-19 gazetted seclusion and health break points …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands and Uganda Wild Life Authority (UWA) have commenced surveying and opening of boundaries between Katwe-Kabatoro town council and Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese district. The exercise started with the validation of the 1952 geodetic reference frames made up of …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Finance has allocated 400 million shillings to Amuru district to aid in the fight against COVID-19 in the district.   The allocation comes at a time when the district taskforce had for long been crying for more funds from the central government.   Geoffrey …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Medical teams at lower level health centres in Masaka district are at risk of contracting the contagious Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) due to the absence of safety gear.   The lower health centres have registered an increase in the number of patients in recent weeks, due to …

Moroto, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee-PAC on Tuesday tasked officials from Moroto Regional Referral Hospital to account for 603.4 million shillings that was irregularly spent on salaries, non-budgeted items among others. Led by the Hospital Director Dr Benedicto Watmon, the officials were appearing before the committee to answer …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Justice Forum-JEEMA has described the reviewed Electoral Commission roadmap as unconstitutional. Asuman Basaalirwa, the Justice Forum President says that the Constitution does not provide for the guidelines issued by the commission in preparation for the 2021 polls.   The new roadmap which was released on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Tugende, a social enterprise that provides asset financing to informal sector entrepreneurs and Medium, Small and Medium Enterprises, has unveiled a new Client App developed specifically for its clients in Uganda and Kenya. The new App provides clients with a single platform to streamline …

Agago, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 1,000 youth and elderly men in Paimol Sub County, Agago district have formed a local vigilante group to fight off Karamojong cattle thieves in their area. This follows the recent surge in cattle raids by suspected armed Karamojong thieves from Kotido District in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Results of a study released on Tuesday show that if common anti allergy drug dexamethasone is given in low doses to patients battling serious COVID- 9, a third of them can be saved from death. Conducted by researchers at Oxford university and part of a …