Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health Dr Diana Atwine has visited Kentim University School of Health Sciences in Kyanja to boost their ongoing COVID-19 vaccination campaign. She appreciated the good work Rotarians, health workers and Kentim University management are doing in the fight against COVID-19. …

  Dubai, UAE  | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has proposed action that deliberately aims to ensure government meaningfully supports the Ugandan diaspora. There ought to be a mechanism through which the diaspora is incorporated in the government structure, for streamlined financial support, he said. Oulanyah …

Sao Paulo, Brazil | Xinhua | Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STF) determined on Saturday that all foreigners entering the country should present a certificate verifying that they have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision was made at the request of the Brazilian political party Sustainability Network given the federal …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mityana District is investigating circumstances under which one of their officers died near his home on Saturday morning. Patrick Nuwagaba, the Officer in Charge of Kakindu Police Station in Mityana District was found dead near his car that had been parked about …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 47,000 teenage girls in the Bukedi sub-region have been impregnated during the two years in the country. Statistics from the National Population Council indicate that Bukedi registered an increase in the number of teenage pregnancies from 23,829 in 2019 to 25,066 in 2020 …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 3,200 girls in Amuru are not sure they will return to school due to teenage pregnancies and early marriages in the past year. The girls aged between 15 and 19 years were impregnated, eloped, or married off due to the nearly two years of …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 4th Division Commander based in Gulu Gen. Bonny Bamwiseki has urged Uganda rebel groups hiding in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC to return home. Speaking to journalists in Arua, Bamwiseki referring to the Homeland Liberation Front rebels who have been disturbing the people …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Diocese Bishop James William Ssebaggala has warned politicians against bribing voters ahead of the Kayunga by-election on Thursday. According to Bishop Ssebaggala, leadership comes from God and is never bought. He advised those intending to secure votes through splashing money to instead invest …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua |  Kenya Railways (KR) has added the number of coaches on the standard gauge railway passenger train as demand for the popular service doubles ahead of the holiday season. The KR said in a notice on Friday that the additional coaches would cater for the increased …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Richard Byarugaba, the Managing Director of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) says the fund will have to set aside Sh1 trillion  if the President assents to the NSSF (Amendment) Bill, 2021. Parliament passed the Bill last month. Among the key provisions in the …