Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butchers and Abattoir operators in Mbale have been hit hard by the current lock down in the country to avoid the spread of the coronavirus (COVID -19). The butchers and abattoir operators say they are making loses during this period and yet they have families …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rachael Namutebi, a student at the University of California is among many Ugandans who opted to return home when COVID-19 started ravaging developed parts of the world like the United States of America where she was based. At that time, Uganda was a sitting duck …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several businessmen from the Democratic Republic of Congo are still sneaking into Uganda through the ungazetted entry points in the West Nile region. According to health and security personnel, the entry of individuals from another country poses a great risk of spreading coronavirus disease COVID-19 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The shortage of protective gears in Bushenyi and Rubirizi districts is affecting the management of COVID-19 suspects. Most suspects are unattended to because health workers fear to go to the field without protective gear. Rubirizi District Health Officer, Dr Kisesete Tibenda, says they don’t have …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed Central Bank Deputy Governor Dr Michael Atingo-Ego will be vetted through teleconferencing following his inability to travel back to Uganda from the United States of America. Dr Atingi-Ego is among the several government appointees who are set to appear before the Appointments …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Assistant Public Relations Officer Gulu University, Khalid Mahmoud is stuck with 3800 kilograms of relief food meant for distribution to more than 100 vulnerable people in Pece Pawel Parish in Pece Division Gulu Municipality. The intended beneficiaries include the elderly, orphans, child headed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security task team of senior UPDF and UPF officers is investigating the alleged aggravated torture of several women and a few men who were being accused of flouting curfew orders and the ban on public spaces. The incident occurred on the 2nd /4/2020, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | We further inform the public that as we continue to monitor the behavior of the population we have noticed that there are still a few people taking risks by failing to stay at home, violating the ban on public gatherings of not more than 5 people, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The current lockdown has led to a decline in the number of parents taking their children for routine immunisation, the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunisation-UNEPI has revealed. According to UNEPI, although they often record low numbers of children during the routine immunisation, the situation …
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United Nations, United States | AFP | UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged governments to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic. Reports of domestic violence have surged globally in the wake of massive lockdowns imposed to contain the spread of the disease. …
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