Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The World Health Organisation on Friday denied having brushed off a Taiwanese warning on human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus soon after its outbreak in China late last year. The US has accused the body of “putting politics first” by ignoring Taiwan’s warning in late December, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Joint task Force (JTF) has impounded dozens of motorcycles in Kampala metropolitan areas for defying the recent presidential directive which banned them from operating beyond 2 pm. On Wednesday this week, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in his nation address directed that boda-bodas should to …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro district is struggling to implement activities related to the prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic due to lack of funds. The district is unable to fuel vehicles to enforce the Covid-19 pandemic prevention measures. The district has also failed to deploy security personnel to patrol …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Women’s Council has unveiled a new model to identify and address emergency cases involving women in the communities in the course of the coronavirus lockdown. Under the new 15-Household model, representatives of National Women Council at every village will be tasked to closely …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Meteorology Training School will not be used as a quarantine center due to security reasons, the Wakiso Deputy Resident District Commissioner in charge of Entebbe, Hajji Njuki Mbabali has revealed. The school is one of the Business, Technical, Vocational and Educational Training (BTVET) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The celebration of the way of the Cross was on Friday dominated with calls for repentance and intercession for different evils and challenges. Bishop of Namirembe Diocese, the Rt. Rev. Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira in a rare event led his family to mark the event at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People who are cured of the coronavirus could stay longer in hospital before being released to return to their community. In their update last evening, the Ministry of Health (MOH) indicated that three people who have been undergoing treatment for the disease have tested negative …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono district COVID-19 Task force officials are under spotlight for allegedly under declaring mattresses donated by Royikem Industries Limited. On Monday, Royikem Industries Limited which produced Rose Foam mattresses handed over 500 mattresses and 3000 liters of fuel to the Mukono district Covid-19 task force …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Efforts to contain the invasion of desert locusts are on going across the East African region despite limits on the flow of personnel and equipment stemming from the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Food and Agriculture Organization-FAO says that the infestation of locusts regarded as the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Do not be afraid, even in the face of coronavirus, an imminent threat to the human race, the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda the Most Rev. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has told Christians. His message, delivered in commemoration of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion made reference …