London, United Kingdom | AFP | Britain’s Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden warned on Friday that the Premier League does not yet have the “green light” to resume but restated the government’s hope that the season can be completed. Premier League clubs are due to meet on Monday to discuss the latest …
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Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump evoked the coronavirus crisis ahead of a wreath-laying ceremony Friday at the World War II memorial in Washington to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe. Trump was to head to the memorial near the White House accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, …
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Seibersdorf, Austria | AFP | Shortages of materials needed in tests for the novel coronavirus remain “critical”, according to the head of a UN lab, which is supplying countries with COVID-19 detection kits. In particular the chemical reagents for the tests are still in short supply, said Giovanni Cattoli, head of the Animal Production and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police has re-echoed the statement issued by the State Minister of Internal Affair Mario Obiga Kania that Mityana municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake’s torture marks were self-inflicted. Speaking today at the Uganda Media Centre, Fred Enanga the police spokesman explained that Zaake is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing Bernhard Glanser, the German/Belgian national who was accused of molesting Ugandan girls believe that his life was cut short by negligence and insensitivity in Uganda’s judicial system. The legal team led by Evans Ochieng says that the matter of Glaser’s waning health …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public transport operators have protested the proposed guidelines for boda boda and taxi operations. According to the proposals issued by the Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Betty Amongi, all taxis in Kampala will register with Kampala Capital City Authority, pay fees to the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public health expert Prof. Freddie Ssengooba has cautioned government to carefully consider what is feasible for the country in the fight against coronavirus disease COVID-19 at a time when the world is awash of many untested options to control further transmission of the disease. …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The embattled Jinja Resident District Commissioner, Erick Sakwa has been interdicted. His interdiction is contained in a May 4th, 2020 letter signed by Haji Yunus Kakande, a Secretary in the Office of the President. “ You are hereby interdicted from your opposition as Resident …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned the general public to always wear masks when they are out of their homes saying that this would combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and its infection to other people. “People seem not to understand the value …
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Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry is yet to find one of the Covid-19 positive cases in Kyotera district. The positive case is a Ugandan male whose sample was picked along the road in Mutukula border town during the ongoing community survey. Atek Kagirita, the COVID-19 incident …
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