Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso district business committee has refused to process the district budget for financial year 2020/2021 due to outstanding arrears. Last week, Raphael Magezi, the Local Government Minister advised that as the country is still under lockdown with a ban on public gatherings, members of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A city phone trader and technician, Ivan Seguya has been arrested by crime intelligence on allegations of aiding phone thefts. Seguya’s arrest came after one of the suspects Charles Ocheme was apprehended by an intelligence team attached to Kabalagala police division. Deputy Kampala Metropolitan …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is using hydroxychloroquine as a treatment drug for patients that are receiving COVID-19 treatment at three health facilities. The drug is an antimalarial used to treat mild forms of malaria, but can also be used to treat lupus and arthritis. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two more police marine officers have appeared before Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court for abuse of office. They are Sergeant Christopher Kyebogola and Police Constable David Mungoma both attached to Kasenyi police marine detach in Katabi town council in Wakiso district. The two, who have …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Management of Soroti Regional Referral Hospital has stepped up covid-19 screening services. Since Monday, all visitors and patients accessing the hospital are screened at the gate immediately they finish washing hands. The hospital management has erected a small tent at the gate to check …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several officials from the Office of the Prime Minister have been arrested for allegedly over-inflating prices and rejecting low price offers from suppliers. The officers arrested by the Statehouse Anti-Corruption Unit, include Christine Kintu, Joel Wanjala, Fred Lutimba, and Owor Martin, the Commissioner for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The planned evacuation of over 500 Ugandans said to be stranded in the United Arabs Emirates (UAE) hangs in the balance even after the Ugandan embassy there had earlier given a signal of their possible return. Mustafa Ndugwa, the chairman of the Uganda Community …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister of Internal Affairs, Mario Obiga Kania has said that as of now they don’t have any law to compel landlords to waive rent or stop them from evicting tenants. Speaking at the Uganda Media Center on Thursday, Kania said all they …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop of Namirembe Diocese the Rt. Rev. Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira has called upon Ugandans to faithfully adhere to all preventive guidelines issued by the government to tame the spread of coronavirus-COVID-19, as the world grapples with the pandemic. Luwalira made the call in …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bwera and Mpondwe towns in Kasese district were on Wednesday put under a total lock-down. Security forces ordered the closure of businesses both dealing in food and non-food stuff. They also stopped cargo movements across the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of …
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