Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kwania district health department has registered a decline in the number of pregnant mothers seeking antenatal care services. The expectant mothers are reportedly shunning health facilities for fear of contracting COVID-19. At least 10 health workers in the district have tested positive for COVID-19. Kwania …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district COVID-19 taskforce has designated Awach health centre IV a holding center for COVID-19 patients. Previously, the task force admitted COVID-19 patients at Gulu School of Health Science in Gulu city, which was disbanded following the resumption of studies before the second lockdown. On …

Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from Karamoja have concluded their tour in the region to preach peace in the wake of the increasing insecurity resulting from cattle raids. The security in the region is fragile due to the proliferation of illegal firearms entering the region from South Sudan. The …

Butaleja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A stray bullet fired by a police officer enforcing the nighttime curfew has killed a 12-year-old girl in Butaleja district. The deceased is Esther Nemwa, a daughter of Fred Mulesa, a resident of Namuselu village in Nabiganda town council. According to Mulesa, they had sent …

Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A body of a 13-year-old girl has been retrieved from the lake in Namayingo district where she was attacked and killed by a crocodile on Friday. It is reported that the child, Juliet Nakyaki from Bumera C village in Mutumba sub county had gone to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital are in panic after ten other medics contracted COVID-19 while on duty. The ten medics have been on treatment for three weeks now, putting a toll on the facility which has more than 130 patients, 48 of them …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Agago district has arrested two suspects for allegedly leading a mob to attack a covid-19 patient. The incident happened on Thursday at Tee Kato trading centre in Lira Kato parish, Agago district. It is alleged that the patient, a resident of Lagar …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Acholi sub region have started early preparation for this year’s second planting season. The second plating season mainly starts at the onset of the second rainy season which commences in early June annually. Most farmers in the Acholi sub-region have started clearing their …

Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An officer in charge of Kyera police post, Kyeera sub-county in Sembabule district has survived lynching by an angry mob after he badly beat a woman in the area. Gaston Bogere, narrowly survived lynching on Thursday evening after he pounced on Juliet Tumwesigye, a resident …

Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakasongola district has suspended the activities of Emyooga programme over the surge in COVID-19 cases. At least 80 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Nakasongola district. One of the four cases detected at district headquarters was an asymptomatic case by a staff working at …