Washington, US | Xinhua | 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the next debate should not be held if his Republican opponent, U.S. President Donald Trump, still has COVID-19. “Well, uh, I think if he still has COVID, we shouldn’t have a debate,” Biden told reporters after …
Read More »Health Ministry rules out Ebola outbreak in Masindi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Results from the samples of a man who died recently in Masindi district with Ebola-like symptoms have turned out negative. The 28-year-old man from Kitanyata 2 village in Kiruuli sub county was rushed to Masindi Hospital on Friday last week with severe fever, diarrhoea …
Read More »Kadaga wants extra nomination days for MPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has demanded that extra days be allocated for the nomination exercise of MPs. This is after the government said that married women will have to follow the standard procedure of the use of a deed poll if they are …
Read More »Court gives gov’t time to respond to suit challenging creation of 89 constituencies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High court has accepted government’s request for more time to file a response to a petition seeking to block elections in 89 constituencies. Justice Musa Ssekaana, the Deputy head of the High Court Civil Division has given the Attorney General up to December 10, 2020, …
Read More »Kasese delegates endorse Muntu as ANT presidential candidate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Delegates of the Alliance for National Transformation – ANT party in Kasese district have confirmed Major-General Mugisha Muntu as their party presidential candidate for the 2021 general elections. The delegates confirmed Muntu at a low key event held at the multi-purpose district hall in Rukoki …
Read More »Ssenkubuge to help return Kampala to DP- Mao
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party-DP President General, Norbert Mao has formally introduced Charles James Ssenkubuge alias Siasa to the Kampala district party leadership, saying he will help Uganda’s oldest political party to victory in the 2021 Lord Mayor’s elections. Ssenkubuge was nominated on Monday on the DP …
Read More »Trump halts COVID-19 relief talks until after election
Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has asked his administration’s negotiators to withdraw from COVID-19 relief talks with Democrats until after the presidential election in November. “I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we …
Read More »NUP replaces Kasese municipality parliamentary flag bearer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) has replaced its flag bearer in the Kasese municipality parliamentary race after petitions from both party members and a contender requested the vetting committee to make a re-evaluation of the selected aspirant. The party presented a list of aspirants for …
Read More »Court agrees to dismiss Basajjabalaba’s petition against tax bill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panel of five Constitutional Court Justices have dismissed a petition in which businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba’s company, Haba Group Uganda Limited had challenged tax imposition on its 169 billion shillings compensation. The money had been awarded to the company by the government following the cancellation …
Read More »19 million children missed vaccination – Ministry of Health
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 19 million children missed vaccination and de-worming. Figures from the ministry indicate that 1.2 million children aged 10-11 years missed cervical cancer vaccination while 500,000 children also missed routine vaccination. An additional 17.3 million children under the age of 15 missed de-worming as a result …
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