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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Ruparelia Foundation in partnership with Gateway Delta and Gateway Metroplex Limited have donated Shs 75million to support households go through the COVID-19 crisis. The donation is 4,000 food kits and each of them (kits) contains 2kgs of maize flour and one kilogram of sugar. This …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake is admitted at Naguru Hospital after blacking out while in detention at the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in Kireka. Zaake was arrested on Sunday evening in Mityana district for allegedly defying presidential directives on the distribution of food to …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Centenary bank has announced a 45% increase in after-tax profits to 155.9 billion shillings making it the second most profitable bank in the country after Stanbic Bank. In 2018, the Catholic Church-owned institution made 107 billion shillings in net profit. The financial results …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda can’t afford stopping truck drivers from entering the country since it is a landlocked country, President Yoweri Museveni has said. He was speaking during the flagging off vehicles donated by different people and organisations towards the fight against Covid-19. Museveni said Uganda’s solution …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Samuel Walusimbi, the proprietor of Kawaala parking yard and Ronald Ssempala are in trouble for selling off a bus belonging to Spear Motors. Justice Musa Ssekaana has directed the duo to pay Spear Motors and Bukonko traders and Transport bus company Shillings 165 million. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 480 people have been arrested for defying the COVID-19 directives. They were arrested on Thursday in an operation by Joint Security Task Force- JTF commanded by Kampala Police commander, Commissioner of Police Moses Kafeero. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Police Spokesperson said that the operation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has nullified the advertising rates and fees imposed by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA on outdoor advertisers, saying they are illegal and unlawful. The judgment stems from an application filed by the National Outdoor Advertising Contractor’s Association Limited protesting the levies introduced by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum General Hospital has started distributing anti-retroviral drugs to HIV positive members under the community outreach program. The Senior Hospital Administrator Bezzy Omoya says this is to enable people living with HIV to conveniently access their medication during the lockdown. Under the program, antiretroviral …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Buhuhira sub county in Kasese district who were affected by mudslides have asked the government to provide relief. The most affected areas are Kigharama, Ntunga and Kuruhe. Now the residents want the government to come to their rescue. Erinora Tswende, one of …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Minister-in-charge of the Presidency Esther Mbayo has warned politicians against rejecting COVID-19 suspects evacuated to health facilities in their respective districts.  The Minister’s warning follows an incident on Monday when local leaders organized for the evacuation of two truck drivers to Kampala despite directives …