Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district leaders have bowed to demands for food relief by commercial sex workers as the extended national lockdown by government continues to bite. The affected group came up earlier to cry for help saying many of them were starving and pleaded to be classified …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has received Personal Protective Equipment-PPE worth 3.1 billion Shillings, thanks to the National Fellowship of Born Again Pentecostal Churches. The donation which comes amidst crises for PPE from health workers includes 1500 boxes of gloves, 4200 boxes of N95 masks, overalls, …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five Tanzanian truck drivers who tested positive for COVID-19 have been discharged from Arua Regional Referral Hospital. They include four drivers who were intercepted in Pakwach on April 24 and one who was intercepted at Vurra Customs on April 25. The official discharge was presided …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Forest Authority (NFA) has set ablaze seven houses in Amuru district reportedly constructed on the Wiceri Forest Reserve. At least 20 people were left homeless after the houses were set on fire by NFA personnel on Tuesday evening at Opiru village, Labala Parish …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is running out of Personal Protective Equipment-PPE at hospitals according to the Ministry of health.  The Ministry’s PPE stock supplies status for the last week of April 2020 shows that the country’s PPE stocks are critically low and what is available cannot be enough …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has warned that persons who do not comply with a directive on wearing masks will be apprehended. The caution comes a day after the Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng signed an instrument to enforce the compulsory wearing of masks …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint committee that is scrutinizing the National Social Security Fund- NSSF Amendment Bill has failed to reach consensus on the government ministry which should supervise the Fund. The Bill seeks to among others, expand social security coverage and benefits through enforcing mandatory contributions for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There will be no Rotary Cancer run this year following uncertainty on public gathering as the world battles the deadly coronavirus disease. The run was scheduled to take place on August 30. Now in its eighth year, the event organized by the Rotary district 9211 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While the media is covering information on billions of money that the Ministry of Health is receiving to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry has described these as mere rumors that should be disregarded. She said so …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in Acholi sub-region have expressed disappointment with their members of Parliament who have remained silent on the controversial 20 million Shillings they received as facilitation for activities to control the spread of coronavirus disease. The funding was given to legislators as part of the …