San Francisco, U.S. | Xinhua | Elon Musk completed his deal to buy Twitter at 44 billion U.S. dollars Thursday, gaining control of the social network company, CNN reported, citing sources familiar with the deal. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and finance chief Ned Segal have left the company’s San Francisco …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 40-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly stealing a newly born child from Mityana hospital. It is alleged that on Tuesday, Prossy Nakalanzi stole the baby boy, four hours after delivery. Rachael Kawala, the Wamala Regional Police Spokesperson says that after they were informed …

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Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bukwo district officials have fled their offices following the arrival of a team from the Parish Development Model project, following up on Shillings 78 million believed to have been siphoned from the program. The team has already picked up the Chief Administrative Officer, Andrew Bukose …

Kitagwenda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Water and Environment has started the demarcation of three major wetlands in Kitagwenda district. The wetlands are Kanunka, Ruhagura, and Kyarutanga all in Kabujogera town council. The ministry’s intervention follows the rampant human activities like cultivation, brick-making, and planting of eucalyptus trees …

Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | The head of Uganda’s leading state agency in the fight against HIV/AIDS on Tuesday warned that the country is facing financing shortages amid reduced international support. Nelson Musoba, director general of Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), in a statement issued said in the wake of emerging global …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | East African Community (EAC) member states are keen to fast-track harmonization of food standards in order to boost intra-regional trade, officials said Wednesday. Mary Mwale, head of food security at Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, said in the Kenyan capital Nairobi that the region …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amlan Tumusiime, the Kikuube Resident District Commissioner has petitioned Sam Mayanja, the State Minister for Lands, about the issuance of fraudulently acquired land titles. In his petition dated October 24, 2022, the RDC contends that the current situation of land eviction threats in the district …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patients at Arua Regional Referral Hospital Mental Health department are struggling to get adequate service due to the severe shortage of medical workers at the unit. Currently, the unit has five nursing staff, three psychiatric clinical officers and one psychiatric doctor who attend to more …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng on Wednesday launched a nationwide door-to-door polio vaccination exercise targeting 8.7 million children aged below five years in the country. This is the second vaccination exercise after the first was held in January this year.   Today,together …