Beijing, China | Xinhua | Overseas scholars and officials strongly rebuked U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on Tuesday, saying that the move severely undermines China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, seriously threatens peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and gravely violates international law and basic norms …
Read More »Gov’t to review pay of Village Health Teams
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has pledged to have Cabinet reconsider an earlier Parliament resolution on increment of remuneration for Village Health Teams (VHT). Nabbanja’s pledge followed a motion moved by Buhaguzi County Member of Parliament, Stephen Aseera on Tuesday 02 August 2022 during the plenary …
Read More »Police block Gulu authorities from allocating market space to evicted street vendors
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have blocked Gulu city, Bardege-Layibi division authorities from allocating market space to vendors evicted from the streets. The division authorities led by the Mayor Patrick Oola Lumumba had asked the evicted vendors to converge at an open space along Walter Opwonya road on Tuesday to …
Read More »NWSC identifies new water source as scarcity hits Kasese municipality
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Water and Sewerage Corporation-NWSC has identified River Kyanzutsu in Kasese district as an additional source of water to address water scarcity in Kasese municipality and surrounding areas. The municipality has been facing a scarcity of water for the past three months. The NWSC …
Read More »Kitgum district on the spot for unguided spending of PDM funds
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district is on the spot for spending 200 million Shillings more for training stakeholders under the Parish Development Model-PDM, in violation of the guidelines. The Parish Developement Model is a government multi-sectoral program aimed at improving the livelihoods of Ugandans, especially the 39 per cent …
Read More »Children’s elusive, risky behavior not a one day observation: Experts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In July, three pupils from Green Hill Academy in Buwate made news headlines when they mysteriously disappeared from their school only to be stranded in Entebbe municipality, Wakiso district. According to the police and the narrative of the mother of one of the candidates, the trio …
Read More »Teenager dies after falling in a pit latrine
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Ochieng, 16, a primary seven pupil at Industrial View Primary school in Tororo municipality has died after falling into a pit latrine at home. Ochieng, a resident of Bison B village in Western division died on Wednesday morning at a health facility where he was …
Read More »Uganda to repatriate 360 Burundian refugees
Isingiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government with support from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees-UNHCR will today repatriate 366 Burundian refugees. The refugees are part of some 450 at Nakivale refugee settlement in Isingiro district who registered for voluntary repatriation back to their homes. Mark Mutawe, the Settlement Commandant …
Read More »UEGCL commissions new facilities in Nwoya, Kiryandongo districts
| THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd (UEGCL) has commissioned the newly constructed school facilities at Purongo Primary School and Diima Primary school in Nwoya and Kiryandongo Districts respectively. Nwoya and Kiryandongo are among the three districts besides Oyam hosting 600MW Karuma Hydropower Dam on River Nile. The …
Read More »A potential cure for AIDS
Defeating HIV with a single injection A new study from Tel Aviv University proposes a novel AIDS treatment that could be turned into a vaccine or a one-time treatment for HIV patients. The research explored modifying type B white blood cells in the patient’s body to release anti-HIV antibodies in …
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