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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University will no longer delete the names of dismissed staff from the payroll with pending appeals before the Staff Appeals Tribunal. The Makerere University Staff Tribunal Chairperson, retired Justice Patrick Tabaro made the ruling while reviewing an application by Dr. Juma Anthony Okuku and …
Read More »Former Kitalya prison inmates sue government over torture, homosexuality allegations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty former inmates from Kitalya prisons in Wakiso district have sued government for compensation. The former inmates were picked up from a house in Kyengera Town Council in Wakiso district towards the end of March this year for flouting Covid-19 preventive guidelines. The applicants …
Read More »Two babies die at Arua hospital during power outages-Director
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least two children die at Arua Regional Referral Hospital during every power outage, the Hospital Director Dr. Philbert Nyeko has revealed. He reveals that two children die in the neonatal ward each time there is a power outage. West Nile Rural Electrification …
Read More »Stella Nyanzi officially quits Makerere to join politics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Stella Nyanzi has officially quit her job at Makerere University as a research fellow to pursue her political ambitions. The acting Makerere University Human Resource Director, Lawrence Ssanyu announced Dr. Nyanzi’s decision to quit in a July 21st, 2020 letter. Dr. Nyanzi tendered in …
Read More »Museveni challenger accuses party EC of trying to lock him out
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Ssimbwa, the former Makindye East Member of Parliament has accused the National Resistance Movement-Party Electoral Commission of trying to frustrate his efforts to challenge President Yoweri Museveni for the position of party chairman. Ssimbwa, who notes that President Museveni has no time for the …
Read More »Zlatan’s brace sends AC Milan past Sassuolo
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | AC Milan continued their unbeaten run in Serie A as Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s double helped them edge past Sassuolo 2-1 away from home on Tuesday. The Rossoneri entered Tuesday’s game off the back of an eight-game unbeaten run but were dealt a blow just 11 minutes into …
Read More »Uganda halts use of hdyroxychloroquine for COVID-19 treatment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has halted the use of hydroxychloroquine as studies to determine the drug’s effectiveness in treating COVID-19 are ongoing. The drug has been used to treat some positive cases of the disease at some treatment facilities like Entebbe General Hospital. It was used in combination …
Read More »Museveni vows to crush protestors as he allows salons, 110 arcades to reopen
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has allowed 110 arcades in Kampala to reopen for business after four months of closure. Museveni ordered the closure of several businesses including arcades and salons at the end of March as a means of slowing the spread of the coronavirus disease. …
Read More »14 year old HIV positive boy abandoned at Kiwoko hospital
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 14-year-old boy living with HIV/AIDS is stuck at Kiwoko Hospital where he was abandoned by parents during COVID-19 lockdown. The boy was admitted at Kiwoko Hospital after developing HIV related opportunistic infections. He had been abandoned at the grandfather’s home at Wankwale village in …
Read More »Kitgum Covid-19 taskforce to establish screening centre at Uganda-South Sudan border
Kitgum , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum Covid-19 task force is to establish a screening centre at a porous border point with South Sudan to fight the spread of COVID-19. The screening centre will be established at Lucom village in Orom Sub County with support from RHITES North Acholi, a …
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