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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Rwanda and South Sudan are yet to confirm their participation in the East Africa Inter-parliamentary games, with just three weeks left to kick off.  Uganda is scheduled to host the games slated for December 7 to 18, 2019.  The competition brings together participants from the …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kitgum General Hospital management have decried the persistent power outage experienced in the region. For months, the region has had endless power outage with Kitgum District, in particular, experiencing almost daily blackout. Bezy Omoya, the Kitgum General Hospital’s Senior Administrator says that the power blackouts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ministry of Health is investigating three cases of adverse immunization reactions following the recent Measles/Rubella immunization campaign. The cases, all from the same family, were immunized at a community vaccination post located in Kalagi.   But one of them passed away yesterday at the pediatric …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng has come out to reassure the nation that social media stories that there have been fatalities during the National Measles-Rubella and Polio Immunization campaign, are false. “The MR vaccine is safe and effective and does not have any fatal …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Godfrey Kayemba Afaayo, the Masaka municipality mayor and John Bahengana, the town clerk have disagreed on a proposal to evict food vendors off the streets of the town. Bahengana is accusing the vendors of overcrowding the street walkaways, making the town filthy in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has appointed a team of five officials to temporarily manage Wandegeya market. They are Tonny Kawagga, James Byaruhanga, Abdul Anguyo, Esther Kasujja and Henry Bukenya who is the markets manager of KCCA. The team was taken from the Directorate of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The plight of sanitation workers in the developing world should be addressed urgently, the World Health Organisation has said ahead of World Toilet Day next Tuesday. The Health agency observed that the rights, health and dignity of people who clean toilets, sewers and septic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Uganda Revenue Authority has announced a 14-day grace period for companies and individuals who have submitted fictitious returns to come forward and rectify or they are prosecuted. The grace period runs from November 14, 2019, to December 3, 2019. This comes after URA noticed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | More than 300 charcoal dealers have been evicted from Palaro sub –county in Gulu district. The one-week operation was headed by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces –UPDF of the fourth division barracks, with assistance from the police and the local leaders. Last month, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A technique that sterilizes male mosquitoes using radiation will soon be tested as part of global health efforts to control diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, and zika. Known as the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), the process involves rearing large quantities of sterilized male mosquitoes …