Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Karenga district in Karamoja sub region in the North Eastern Uganda have arrested a laboratory technician attached to Kapedo health centre III for allegedly refusing to carry out test on Covid-19 suspects, demanding first to to be paid his allowance. Robert Lamson …
Read More »OUT OF TIME: Retired UPDF soldier loses case for sh38million benefits
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application filed by a retired Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF soldier who sued government demanding pension and gratuity of over sh38 million. Tom Asiu retired soldiers number RA/153458 PTE sued government in 2020 demanding pension of shillings 20 …
Read More »Nanziri eliminated but still makes Ugandan Olympic history
Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT | Flyweight boxer Catherine Nanziri has been eliminated from the ongoing Tokyo Olympic games following her unanimous points loss to Japan’s Tsukimi Namiki. Nanziri 21, who was in the blue corner lost the fight on unanimous decision by the judges. According to the scorers, Nanziri never …
Read More »CCTV captures neighbor stealing Lyantonde baby, hunt on
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents and local authorities in collaboration with the police in Lyantonde district have launched a massive search for a three-months-old baby said to have been abducted by a new neighbour. Elisa Wasike, was abducted from his mother’s house in Kaliiro Ward B, Lyantonde Town …
Read More »Clean energy galore powers China’s quest for green future
Xining, China | Xinhua | After one year of operation, China’s first ultra high-voltage (UHV) power superhighway for transmitting clean energy delivered 13.1 billion kWh of power from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, abundant in energy resources, to densely populated Henan in central China, according to State Grid’s Qinghai branch. As …
Read More »CURFEW: Policeman shoots dead teenager in Jinja
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Corporal James Musandiizi is currently on the run after shooting dead, 16 year old Nelson Waako while enforcing curfew guidelines on Saturday night. Waako, a resident of Mutai village, in Buwenge sub county, in Jinja district, was reportedly fighting a friend, Ashiraf Binywela in …
Read More »STUDY: Uganda’s urban dwellers prefer private hospitals
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s ‘middle class’ or those living in urban areas are less likely to seek medical care in government facilities compared to the poor or those in rural areas, according to a survey published by Twaweza East Africa. The survey was aimed at investigating how …
Read More »COVID-19: Entebbe Hospital lost 75 in 3 months
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seventy five patients succumbed to Covid-19 between May 21 and July 11 at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital, a, average of three deaths every two days. In the first wave, that is between March 21, 2020 to end of April, 1,393 patients were handled at …
Read More »New Delhi eases restrictions, bars and cinemas to open
New Delhi, India | Xinhua | Authorities in Delhi Saturday allowed further relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions across the Indian capital region, saying that from July 26 metro and buses will run at full capacity, while cinemas will reopen at half capacity. The order issued by Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) …
Read More »NRM parish chairperson says he lost sh23 million in ceiling after house burns
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mukono are investigating circumstances under which the house of Esimafesi Wandera, the National Resistance Movement-NRM chairperson for Ssozi Parish in Mpatta sub county was set on fire, and he lost sh23 million he had hidden in the ceiling. At around 1pm, Wandera’s …
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