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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Medical Association (UMA) is yet to decide on what next after their 90-days’ notice of strike to the government ended last evening. The doctors who have for the previous two months been releasing a daily countdown on their social media spaces spelling out …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury in the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, Ramathan Ggoobi,  says there is a need to enhance accountability in the delivery and utilization of drugs and medical supplies to public health facilities. Ggoobi noted that …

Glasgow , Scotland | THE INDEPENDENT | Mother Nature took centre stage as the pivotal UN climate conference reached the halfway point, with millions taking to the streets of the cities around the world with a call to invest in nature-based solutions and a greener approach to farming. Nature is …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima is holding 11 suspects in connection with the brutal killing of a Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF soldier in a bar. The deceased was identified as Joseph Magoola who had been deployed to guard road construction equipment belonging to China Chongqing International …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The growing insecurity in parts of Kampala and Wakiso district has been blamed on the laxity by village councils to implement communal security systems, coupled with challenges of unemployment and poverty. Kampala Resident District Commissioner Hud Hussein says that village leaders are expected to …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Trade David Bahati has expressed dissatisfaction with the Uganda Nationals Roads Authority (UNRA)’s timeline for the establishment of ferry services at Lake Bunyonyi. He is equally disturbed that the agency will take much longer to tarmac the Kabale-Lake Bunyonyi and Muko-Katuna …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF to tarmac the roads leading to the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe municipality. The roads are impassable during heavy downpours and are dusty during the dry season. He made the directive on Friday while …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Woman Member of Parliament Joyce Bagala has appealed against a decision of the High Court that nullified her election. Bagala, a candidate of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) had been declared winner of the January 2021 polls with a margin of 16,000 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Every hour, about five babies are born at Kawempe National Referral Hospital. According to the Deputy Executive Director, Dr Lawrence Kazibwe, they daily deliver between 100 and 150 babies ever since the second COVID-19 lockdown was lifted. This number is almost triple the 50 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda together with other well-wishers, have donated medical mama kits worth UGX35.5 million to Kawempe Referral Hospital as part of its year-ender Corporate Social Investment programme. The donation is part of an ongoing campaign in which the bank and several other organisations and …