Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 500 women exposed to Sexual Gender Based Violence-SGBV have been able to receive help through SafePal, an application that allows victims to report their dilemma confidentially. SafePal has been able to close the gap on the many Sexual Gender Based Violence related cases that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) have been urged to make appropriate laws that protect victims of Online Child Sexual Exploitation (OCSE). Speaking to MPs of the continental parliament in South Africa, experts said that the interpretation of the laws on OCSE are ambiguous …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has appealed to women equipped with various vocational skills to form complimentary business partnerships. Kadaga said that women with different skills in hairdressing, decorating, catering and tailoring can come together to form businesses that offer events services so that they …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | March 1st 2020 marked exactly ten years since landslides hit Namesti sub county in Bududa district. Triggered by heavy rains, the landslides buried Nametsi, Namakansa and Kubewo villages in Namesti parish claiming more than 200 people and displaced hundreds of others. Our reporter visited Namesti …

  Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Financial indiscipline has been singled out as the major challenge affecting some government institutions in Kasese district. This is part of the finding by Kasese District Public Accounts Committee. In a report issued on Friday, the Assistant Principal Internal Auditor Kasese district, Yonah K. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nation’s Central Emergency Fund has released USD 15 million to fund vulnerable countries with weak health care systems to contain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The announcement came as the World Health Organization (WHO) upgraded the global risk of the coronavirus outbreak …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 2000 people enrolled on the life prolonging Anti-Retroviral Treatment-ART at Buliisa General Hospital in Buliisa district have abandoned treatment and disappeared without trace. They are part of over 6000 people enrolled on the ART since March 2019. Dr. Nelson Naisye, the Buliisa district …

Washington, United States | AFP | Vice President Mike Pence defended Sunday the US administration’s handling of the coronavirus epidemic after two confirmed deaths on American soil and rising criticism of the state of US preparedness. Pence and Health Secretary Alex Azar made the rounds of Sunday talk shows with the …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients and their attendants at Kasese municipal health centre III rose in arms against management of the facility over the weekend for allegedly ignoring their pleas over lack of drugs. The patients who paralysed work at the facility accused the health workers of wasting their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Deus Kamunyu Muhwezi has officially taken over office for a second term as head of Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA). He was inaugurated alongside his 16 member team at a swearing ceremony presided over by High Court Registrar and Commission of oath, Allan Mpirwe …