Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has asked government to decentralize COVID-19 vaccination and testing to allow easy access to the services especially during the days of nationwide lockdown instituted by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Lukwago speaking at a press briefing at City Hall asked …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya plans to harness technology in order to boost insurance penetration in the country, the insurance regulator said on Monday. Godfrey Kiptum, CEO of Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) told journalists in Nairobi that the use of Internet of things, blockchain, Big Data, application programming interface, machine …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has tasked the new Cabinet with five targets to focus on in the next five years. These according to Museveni are cohesion, a corruption free Uganda, integration, patriotism and service delivery. Museveni laid down the five targets in his speech to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces – UPDF has warned civilians against confronting soldiers who are enforcing the new guidelines intended to curtail the spread of COVID-19 during the ongoing lockdown. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced a fresh lockdown last Friday after the country registered a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has sent out 18 ambulances to offer emergency health response to the residents across the greater Kampala area. The ambulances will offer health evacuation to both suspects and patients of COVID-19 and any other health condition. This comes in the aftermath …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua| Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday that the United States must lift “all unjust sanctions” on Iran and Europe abide by their commitments under the 2015 nuclear agreement. “What I am saying to the United States is that according to the nuclear deal, you were obliged …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of NRM Members of Parliament have petitioned the Office of the Prime Minister over the high cost of accessing health services for the treatment of the COVID-19 patients. This follows reports that the daily rate for patients that are critically ill and require …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested a driver who knocked dead a police officer in Kabalagala, a Kampala city suburb on Sunday evening. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire identifies the suspect as Haman Rujjumba. He is accused of knocking to death police constable Bosco Owili, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in Parliament has called for a revision of the 2021-2022 financial year budget to cater for the COVID-19 crisis that has hit the country. The call was made during a press conference jointly addressed by the Leader of Opposition Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, and …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A combined team of Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF and police personnel teamed up to corner and finally arrest Samuel Tukamushaba, 32, a resident of Bujumbura West cell, Kihombaza ward, Hoima East division in Hoima city for extortion. Tukamushaba, who is currently detained at Hoima central …