Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Special needs schools have remained closed, despite a go-ahead given to them by the Ministry of Education, to resume operations for all learners, four months ago. Education authorities gave a green light to schools in the said category and their international counterparts to reopen at …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is yet to complete renovations of the old Taxi Park nine months after works commenced. KCCA contracted Sterling Civil Engineering and Kiru General Services to renovate the park. However the completionof the park is behind schedule  since it was supposed to have …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform, Democratic Party and National Resistance Movement have shared seats in the four sub-counties of Masaka district in the LCIII elections. Cyrus Kalema of NUP was declared winner LCIII Chairperson for Kyanamukaka sub-county, after polling 4,002 votes, followed by NRMs’ Mathias Ssekiwala who …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the world’s most commonly diagnosed cancer, the World Health Organization has revealed in a new statement released in the lead to World Cancer Day marked today globally. Breast cancer among women accounted for 11.7 per cent of the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has used up to 720 million Shillings to rehabilitate structures at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole, before it could be used as a treatment centre for COVID-19 patients. The Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr Diana Atwine says that the arena was in a …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Key workers and other vulnerable people in 145 countries should receive COVID-19 vaccines in the first half of this year, under the joint UN-led COVAX initiative for fair access to coronavirus-beating jabs, it’s been confirmed.   Some 1.2 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine which requires …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Common antibiotic azithromycin has been found not to have any effect on treating COVID-19, according to a new study published in the medical journal, The Lancet. The study showed that the drug had no effect on patients admitted to hospitals. It could not reduce deaths …

Kabarole, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces – UPDF has opened a new barracks in Kabarole district. Located at Hakibaale Sub County, Kakyomya barracks will be home to the 333 Mountain Brigade under the command of Lt Ben Sserwada. It sits on 1,638 hectares of land that …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Family of the late former National boxing team captain Zebra Ssenyange alias Mando, who was shot dead by government security officers last year, is unhappy with President Museveni whom they blame over the delayed justice for the deceased.          Ssenyange was …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Health authorities in Gulu City have closed a Mukamanayamba Heath Drink factory over poor waste management. The decision follows an outcry from the community who accused the factory owners of disposing of liquid waste in the open which has put their lives at risk. This …