Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty Ugandans have volunteered to participate in a clinical trial towards finding an effective vaccine against the hemorrhagic Rift Valley Fever-RVF. The study conducted by the Uganda Virus Research Institute and Medical Research Council-UVRI/MRC is happening in Masaka, which was selected to assess the safety …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards is set to collaborate with local traders’ associations to sensitize traders on understanding substandard products and fighting masqueraders. Patricia Bagaine, the Deputy Executive Director in charge of standards says some of the trader associations they will collaborate with include …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda shareholders are due to get their first dividends since the company listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange, with the register for those eligible closing June1. The shareholders will have their dividends paid on June 24, with each share earning the holder 4.706 shillings, …

Apac, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | North Kyoga police are holding two of their own accused of torturing a suspect in custody. The suspects are police constables Bernard Ogoro and Mathew Bwambale, attached to Ibuje police station. They were arrested on Wednesday after a video showing them beating and kicking a …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The United States is “purposefully and diligently adding fuel to the fire” by continuously providing military assistance to Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday. “The United States, obviously, really adheres to the policy of fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian,” Peskov told a daily briefing, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The administrators of Kawempe National Referral Hospital in Kampala have come under intense scrutiny from members of parliament over the alleged extortion by medical workers at the facility. The officials were appearing before the Public Accounts Committee-PAC, Central Government to respond to queries in the …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City Council has resolved to adopt a new charging policy to help improve its local revenue base for the 2022/23 financial year. The charging policy will see an increase in fees and licenses for specified businesses and activities. Mbarara City Council budget is largely …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 30 private health facilities in Kampala and dozens others in the country side have expressed interest in offering COVID-19 vaccination, heeding to a call for help by the Ministry of Health (MOH) some weeks ago to salvage vaccines that are at a verge of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Criminal Division Judge Isaac Muwata has convicted  three guards of Pastor Jackson Ssenyonga, the owner of Christian Life Church, and sent them to Luzira prison to serve different sentences after finding them guilty of aggravated robbery. One of the guards Ali Ojulango has …

  Coronavirus survivors have twice the risk of developing dangerous blood clots to their lungs compared to people who weren’t infected Paris, France | Xinhua | COVID-19 survivors have twice the risk of developing dangerous blood clots in their lungs compared to people who weren’t infected and double the chance of …