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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima Regional Referral Hospital is seeking 2.8 billion Shillings to purchase drugs and other medical supplies. In the second quarter, the hospital was allocated 1.3 Billion Shillings to procure medicines and other medical supplies which according to the management, is inadequate to cater for the …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Goat plague disease has been confirmed in Kabale district. Goat Plague is a viral disease related to the rinderpest of sheep as well as goats. It is characterized by fever, cough, very bad-smelling breath, diarrhoea and discharge from the eyes and nose, which can form …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro district has recorded a fresh influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, who are fleeing insecurity in the South Kivu province. Kisoro Resident District Commissioner, Hajji Shafique Ssekandi Ssengoba says that the new group of refugees are fleeing South Kivu province due …

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Mubende are investigating circumstances under which a 36-year-old woman was on Monday allegedly shot and injured as security personnel enforced the lockdown restrictions in South Division, Mubende Municipality. On Saturday, President Museveni announced 21 days of lockdown in Mubende and Kassanda districts, …

Regulators are increasingly seeking risk-based oversight in the market to deal with changes in technology, consumer needs Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | What is the best way to support businesses to survive during and after a tough economic environment? This is the big question that most people in investment circles …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legal Brains Trust has petitioned the East African Court of Justice seeking to quash the recently enacted Computer Misuse Amendment Act of 2022. According to Legal Brains, the law infringes on the principles of democracy, rule of law, accountability, transparency, social justice, and equal opportunities, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A few weeks ago, Kenya’s newly elected President, William Ruto on his maiden trip to Dar es Salaam, congratulated Tanzania for joining the One Network Area. The One Network Area (ONA), is a regional framework mooted in 2014 where East African countries, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has rejected a set of documents submitted as part of the evidence in the infamous Ndeeba church demolition case. The prosecution had presented Pamela Akora, the former acting supervisor of the technical review team at Kampala Capital City Authority, as …

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has provided vehicles to transport medical personnel, teachers, and learners in Mubende district. The Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, said that the government deployed vehicles in line with the presidential directive that restricted the movement of public and private vehicles after Mubende …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party President Patrick Oboi Amuriat, has said that his party is open to political transition talks, as one of the avenues to achieve change of leadership in the country. Although FDC, which has for long been Uganda’s largest opposition political …