Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Rugby Cranes today stopped Ghana Eagles 53-12 in the group C opening match of the Rugby Africa Cup. Star performance by Adrian Kasito who scored 13 points earned him a man of the match award in the match that took place …
Read More »COVID-19: What went wrong with the school surveillance protocols?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education has initiated a process to track and name schools that concealed COVID-19 which later saw a surge of cases in schools. The initiative according to Alex Kakooza, the permanent secretary Ministry of Education, is part of their efforts to prepare …
Read More »MASKS: California schools insist of SOPs despite CDC new guidelines
Los Angeles, US | Xinhua | California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said Friday that the most populous U.S. state will continue to require that masks be worn in school settings in the coming new term. The CDPH announced this decision hours after Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …
Read More »Govt starts registering teaches in private schools
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government through the ministry of education has embarked on registering teachers from private schools and institutions for future planning for the sector. According to Ismael Mulindwa, the director basic and secondary education in the ministry said they have been lacking data for teachers of …
Read More »Uganda’s Health Ministry to re-test migrant workers at Entebbe
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health will start re-testing all labour export workers a day before they depart the country. Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary of the health ministry, says the move stems from the number of migrant workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 …
Read More »Cholera outbreak kills 325 in Nigeria in first half of 2021
Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | An outbreak of Cholera has killed 325 people in 15 states and the capital of Nigeria between January and June of this year, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said in a report on Saturday. In an update of the Cholera outbreak in Nigeria, …
Read More »Russia official lashes out at French COVID-19 ‘vaccine racism’
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | The remarks by a French official of not recognizing Russian and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines were “a hybrid of racism, imperial hegemonism and neo-Nazism,” a spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry has said, according to an article published on the website of Russian media outlet Russia …
Read More »S. African president calls for calm following reports of Zuma protests
Johannesburg, South Africa | Xinhua | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday called for calm after some people looted shops and burnt trucks calling for the release of former President Jacob Zuma. “President Ramaphosa says the impact of public violence against the road freight industry and damage to …
Read More »Mbayo hands over, Babalanda to stop infighting in ISO
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Presidency Babirye Milly Babalanda has identified gaps in the intelligence institutions that she hopes to address as the new line Minister. Babalanda officially took over office on Thursday from former Minister for Presidency Esther Mbayo in a function graced by second …
Read More »Aggrey Awori laid to rest in Bugiri
Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former ICT minister, Aggrey Awori has this afternoon been laid to rest in his country home, located in Kibimba village in Buwuni town council in Bugiri district. Awori who succumbed to COVID-19 died on July 5th at the age of 82 years. Nafuna Awori, …
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