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Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  About 60 people will be allowed to attend the installation ceremony of His Grace Lambert Bainomugisha, the Archbishop Elect of Mbarara Archdiocese. The ceremony has been scheduled for June 2020, in the Cathedral Nyamitanga, the seat of the Archdiocese.   Rev. Fr. Charles Lwanga Mutabaruka, the …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Luweero district on Monday night impounded more than 300 cars for allegedly defying curfew time. The government maintained a night-time curfew starting 7 p.m to 6:30a.m to combat the spread of covid-19.   Traffic Policemen commanded by Luweero District Police Commander Abraham Tukundane mounted …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Only ten Ugandan high-risk travellers have applied to undergo their institutional quarantine in public centres, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH).  The first group consisting of 300 high-risk travellers from different parts of the world is expected to arrive in the country this week. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | By the time the President Yoweri Museveni directed a lockdown as a move to halt further transmission of COVID-19, Agnes Erios Nantaba, a Public Relations and Marketing Officer with the Insurance Training College formerly the Insurance Institute of Uganda was busy confirming the new …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cases of domestic violence within rural and urban areas in Kitgum district are on the rise. District officials say the surge is a direct result of the current COVID-19 lockdown that has left many people trapped in their homes. Kitgum district senior probation and …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mass vaccination against Cholera has kicked off in Moroto district. The five-day exercise was rolled out yesterday morning by a joint team comprising the World Health Organization-WHO and the Ministry of Health to contain the spread of the acute diarrhoeal disease which spreads through …

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda People’s Defense Forces – UPDF soldier has shot dead a person in Butoogo, Kisuba sub county, Bundibugyo. The reasons for the shooting have not yet been established. The deceased  identified as Juliet Evadesi, a 36 year old, resident of the same area, …

Pallisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A survey carried out by Action Aid has revealed that Pallisa district registered 150 cases of gender based violence during the period of March and May. Uganda was under lockdown from March 18th to avoid the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) before some of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has expressed concern about the failure by the government to heed to parliament’s appeal for more funds for the student loan scheme. Since 2014, the government has been allocating 5 billion shillings for loans to support students who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has quashed the recent elections that were conducted by a section of Democratic party members to purportedly fill up vacant positions in the National Executive Committee. DP members led by Rajab Ssenkubuge convened a meeting on March 13, 2020, …