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Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Mukono Local Council-LC 5 Chairperson, Andrew Ssenyonga was rescued from angry residents on Thursday who surrounded his vehicle demanding for food relief. Ssenyonga had gone with a team of Uganda Red Cross Society-URCS officials to deliver food relief to commercial sex workers at Ggulu …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven laboratories have been added onto the testing network for COVID-19 in the country. Until yesterday, the country was only using the Entebbe based Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI to conduct COVID-19 tests. The  new centres include Makerere University’s department of microbiology and immunology, National Health …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Managing Director of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Richard Byarugaba has said that they will have no option but to pay the 20 percent to each saver as long as it is approved by Parliament. Members of Parliament are debating a midterm access …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has set a limit on the number of COVID-19 patients that the facility can handle. This is in response to the surging number of COVID-19 patients being sent to the facility for management and treatment. The hospital is treating five …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A month long hunt for a missing mobile money operator from Nansana municipality has come to an end after he has been found alive in Mbarara town. The operator Allan Ssembusi was reported missing last month from Gganda, Wakiso district prompting critical police units …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Preliminary findings from the survey to assess the extent of community transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Uganda so far shows no evidence of community transmission. This was revealed by Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng on Thursday as she updated the country …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than fifty cargo truck drivers and their turn-boys are stranded at Mirama hills border post in Ntungamo district. Most of the truck drivers say they have spent between two to three weeks at the border after being denied entry into Rwanda. Umar Jamal, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Budget Committee has resolved to approve a supplementary request totaling 10 billion Shillings for Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) pending an onsite visit at the entity’s Namanve premises on Friday. This was during an interface with Ministry of Finance officials led by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso has topped the districts with the highest cases of violence against children, according to reports by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. Out of the 1967 cases reported between January and April 2020, 934 cases were in Wakiso district, followed by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has quashed an order by Uganda Police Force stopping events promoters from organising Kyarenga music concert featuring Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. In her judgment delivered on Wednesday, Justice Esther Nambayo said the letter issued by police …