WHO warns individuals against mixing and matching COVID vaccines Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Mixing and matching, the practice of inoculating different vaccines to people, should not be decided by individuals but by public agencies depending on available data, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. While mixing and matching …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has petitioned the East African Court of Justice seeking an extension of the time within which to file the government defense in a case where lawyer Male Mabirizi is challenging a decision to declare Yoweri Museveni as the duly elected President of …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The administration of Luwero hospital has asked the district executive to lift the suspension of the private wing at the facility to allow patients to access better and cheap health services. Last year, Luwero hospital started a private wing with the aim of improving health …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixteen inmates at Kwania government prison farm have tested positive for COVID-19. The samples of the 287 inmates were taken on Tuesday and 16 were found to be positive. Frank Baine, the Uganda Prisons Spokesperson says that the inmates were all evacuated to Jinja Hospital …

The substation will solve load, demand and power reliability challenges faced by Entebbe township Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Power distributor Umeme plans to install an additional substation in Entebbe municipality by December this year. This stems from the growing demand for power in the municipality and the need to provide …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several legislators have expressed dissatisfaction about their posting to different committees of the house by their party whips. The legislators raised concern on Tuesday as the house assigned them to different committees. Parliament comprises 29 committees. These include 13 Standing committees, which are set up …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has amended its rules of procedure and lifted the cap on the number of legislators who can sit on a particular committee. The Kira Municipality Member of Parliament Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda and government Chief Whip Thomas Tayebwa moved two motions seeking to increase the …

Paris, France | Xinhua | France on Tuesday fined Google 500 million euros (592 million U.S. dollars) for failing to offer a fair deal to local media companies for hosting their news content. The French Authority of Competition ordered Google to present, within the next two months, “an offer of remuneration …

Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amudat district is currently stuck with 37 Pokot girls below the age of 18 who were being forced into child marriage. This is according to the Moroto District Education Officer Lawot Anthony Lam who was meeting with a section of the Parliament COVID-19 taskforce for …

Country says no need for the UN to intervene but welcomes AU mediation Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ethiopian Ambassador to Uganda Alemtsehay Meseret said the issue of filling the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was on the agenda of the UN Security Council. This was during a press briefing …