Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Latest statistics indicate Uganda has 3,328,000 Facebook subscribers out of 18 million who are on the internet as at December 2020. Egypt has 48 million Facebook users, followed by Nigeria at 31 million. In East Africa, Kenya are at 10 million, according to Internet …
Read More »US FDA approves Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
Washington, US | XINHUA | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday authorized Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the United States. It does not have to be kept in extra-cold facilities, and is a one dose vaccine. It is the third COVID-19 vaccine that …
Read More »Scientists and global health experts had been expecting a new coronavirus for years
Could a universal coronavirus vaccine future-proof our response? COVID-19 SPECIAL FEATURE | Priya Joi | Although the COVID-19 pandemic took the world by surprise, with many still reeling at how drastically the world has changed, scientists and global health experts had been expecting something like this for years. Coronaviruses are notorious for spilling over …
Read More »City lawyer Bob Kasango is dead
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Controversial but brilliant city lawyer Bob Kasango has this evening been declared dead at Luzira prison, after a suspected heart failure. Details of what happened are still scanty, but Lawyer Kasango was serving a 16 year jail sentence in the controversial pension case. Prisons PRO …
Read More »Tanzanian man survives, seriously wounded after two-hour fight with crocodile
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | XINHUA | A 23-year-old man was seriously wounded by a crocodile after a two-hour fight in Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania’s Nkasi district of Rukwa region, an official said on Saturday. Said Mtanda, Nkasi district commissioner, said the crocodile attacked the man identified as Thomas …
Read More »Kenyatta takes charge of East African Community
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday committed to ensure a more united and prosperous East African Community (EAC) as he took over the chairmanship of the regional bloc. Kenyatta assured that he will spare no effort towards the realization of the shared aspirations …
Read More »Why vaccine side effects might be more common in people who’ve already had COVID-19
Minor side effects are a normal sign that the immune system is mounting a protective response following vaccination, although they aren’t universal. COVID-19 SPECIAL FEATURE | Linda Geddes | Tens of millions of people have already been vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, and in the coming months, hundreds of millions more will follow. …
Read More »Lira’s number one ‘motorcycle thief’ runs into the safe hands of Police
✳ Suspected motorcycle thief Ivan Ogwang alis Ben Otim runs to Police Station to escape mob Lira, Uganda | AMONY IMMACULATE – URN | For years, a man believed to be Lira’s most notorious thief, has spent all his time avoiding police. Then this week, in order to keep his …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Bobi Wine takes on Supreme Court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Bobi Wine takes on Supreme Court: Withdrawal of presidential election petition leaves ‘cadre judges’ on the defensive THE LAST WORD Uganda’s COVID overreaction: How copying and pasting Western solutions to the pandemic was …
Read More »Niwagaba’s radical Constitution Bill one step away
✳ Repeal offices of RDCs ✳ Remove Army MPs ✳ Restrict Ministers to 21 ✳ Panel of Speakers in Parliament ✳ Reinstate Presidential term limits ✳ UPF to Uganda Police Services ✳ Repeal office of Prime Minister ✳ Have an Elected Deputy President Kadaga closes debate on Constitution Amendment Bill, to …
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