Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Lira Regional Referral Hospital has got a blood bank.  The facility was set up by the Health Ministry in partnership with Star Pharmaceutical company. The blood bank comprises an Architect i2000 Elalyasar machine that will be used for screening, testing and analyzing blood.  The blood …

Pader, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A seventy-five-year-old woman in Pader district has been killed by strangulation. Santorina Akello’s lifeless body was found lying in her house in Mission ‘’A’’ Village in Ogole Parish Lapul Sub County by her daughter, Nighty Aloyo on Wednesday. George Ocira, a relative to the deceased …

Mubende, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform (NUP) Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has declared that his campaign is now being run guerrilla style. Kyagulanyi who drove for over 30km from Mubende town on a bad road to Kasambya where he addressed his supporters for only five minutes and continued …

Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT |    The coronavirus spread has suddenly spiked in Egypt as the north African country reported 911 new COVID-19 infections and 42 deaths on Wednesday, said Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed. After this spike, total deaths reached 7,209 while infections hit 127,972, the minister told reporters …

Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT |     The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee announced here on Wednesday that Hiroshi Sasaki has replaced actor Nomura Mansai to become the chief executive creative director of next year’s opening and closing ceremonies. Sasaki, director of the flag handover ceremony at the 2016 Rio Olympics, …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Court Martial has granted bail to Captain Tonny Olinga, the Commander of the East Madi Wildlife Reserve accused of shooting to death a truck driver from Apaa Township in Amuru district. Olinga on Tuesday evening appeared before the court martial sitting at Forth Division …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of parliament who doubles as the NRM’s Vice Chairperson Northern Region has given 5 million Uganda shillings as a package of appreciation to the Lira Ghetto people who defected from NUP to NRM party. Jacob Oulanya was on Tuesday afternoon in Lira …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Luweero Non-Governmental Organization-NGO Forum has launched a new campaign against election-related violence, ahead of next year’s polls. The Forum, which comprises 47 NGOs & Civil Society Organizations-CSOs has decried the recent violence in different parts of the country that was triggered by the arrest of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The lovers of the Christmas Cantata will this year do with an online performance thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Christmas Cantata has been a crowd puller to Watoto Church, formerly Kampala Pentecostal Church during Christmas holidays for the last 35 years. It comprises high-energy music, …

ABSA wins big at 2020 Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The role of Absa Group Limited’s Regional Operations (ARO) in using technology and coming up with strategic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, have earned them a top Global Retail Banking Innovation Award. Absa Group …