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Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Livestock farmers in Katakwi district are defying the quarantine imposed in the area. In 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture indefinitely closed cattle markets and restricted the movement of livestock in the district to avert the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD in Palam and …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen who were recently evicted from illegal landing sites across Lake Albert in Bunyoro sub-region have been advised to embrace farming in order to sustain their livelihood. More than 200 landing sites in the districts of Hoima, Buliisa and Kikuube were listed for closure …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five COVID-19 positive patients have been admitted at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. Of the five, three were cargo truck drivers from Elegu One-Stop Border Post while the other two were traced community contacts identified by surveillance team from Adjumani district. Bishop Loum Janani, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chinese investors are seeking to expand rice growing in Lwera wetland. In 2015, the Chinese Investor started cultivating part of Lwera wetland located along the Kampala-Masaka highway in Kalungu district to establish a commercial rice farm. The project has been strongly opposed by some …

🔺  9 new cases 🔺 Total confirmed cases 705 🔹 Total Deaths: 00 🔸Total Recoveries: 299 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. This brings the number of cases confirmed in Uganda to 705 as of June 14th. The new cases were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition and Gulu Woman MP Betty Aol Ochan has this morning been involved in an accident in Bobi town, Omoro district. Aol was traveling in her official LOP vehicle registration number UG0346H from Gulu to Kampala in the company of her …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four suspected poachers have been arrested for allegedly killing a buffalo in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kanungu district. The suspects are Enock Aryaijuka a resident of Rwamagali village in Kihembe parish, Kanyantorogo sub-county, Stephen Christmas, Vian Arinaitwe and Eunice Origumisiriza Eunice all residents of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) predicts a significant decline in both Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and domestic direct investment (DDI), particularly in tourism, transport and construction sectors due to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown. The value of planned FDI …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Taxi drivers from the border districts have resorted to using porous routes to operate. President Yoweri Museveni suspended the use of all public means of transport including boda boda, taxi and buses in 40 border districts to curtail the spread of coronavirus. Some of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said that it never had any contractual agreement with socialite Shanitah Namuyimbwa also known as Bad Black to record messages of coronavirus disease. Last month, the Ministry of Health embarked on a new campaign to encourage women living at …