Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service has allowed individuals and companies who wish to donate food items to fasting inmates to go ahead and do so. Speaking at the daily security briefing at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Thursday, Frank Baine, the spokesperson of …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Carrefour, operated by Majid Al Futtaim in Uganda, has joined forces with Africa’s leading e-commerce platform Jumia, through its subsidiary Jumia Food, to provide Carrefour customers with a secure and convenient way to have their orders delivered to their homes. The partnership comes as the …
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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Absa Bank Uganda Limited has donated four mobile isolation EpiTents units valued at Shs 100 million to the Ministry of health to support the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation was handed over by the bank’s top bank officials to the Ministry of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Dr. Andrew Bashaija has directed Makerere University to pay Shillings 115 million as salary arrears and emolument to Associate Professor Charles Niwagaba. The directive stems from an application filled by Prof. Niwagaba challenging his suspension from the University for alleged failure to submit student’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The exclusion of district leaders from the distribution of relief food in Wakiso district has sparked off misunderstandings with local leaders insisting that it may result in fraud. The government is distributing food to families whose livelihood was disrupted by the lockdown implemented as one …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 2020 Catholic Uganda Martyr’s Day feast slated for May 29th for the youth and June 3 for the rest has been called off due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For the first time in many years, the annual catholic Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Quality Chemicals Limited, CIPLA in Luzira has received approval from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority to start supplying Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drugs. According to Nevin Bradford, CIPLA’s Chief Executive Secretary Officer, the company recently dispatched 300,000 packs of ARVs, a combination of tenofovir, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kiyindi-Buvuma ferry has failed to resume work because the docking pier was submerged by Lake Victoria. The ferry returned to Buvuma district three days ago after completing emergency work at Owen falls dam that was affected by a floating island. However, the ferry which …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan scientists are still puzzled about the few COVID-19 cases reported in the country. Uganda has the lowest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the East African block. Rwanda and Kenya have 212 and 374 confirmed cases respectively. Tanzania has 306 cases while Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 2,634 pedestrians and cyclists are killed on Uganda roads every year according to the Traffic Police records for the last four years. An analysis of road fatalities between 2016 and 2019 shows 10,537 pedestrians and riders were knocked dead in urban areas, …
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