Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The current lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic is like to worsen the case backlog, according to the Judiciary spokesperson, Solomon Muyita. On March 19th, 2020, the Chief Justice, Bart Katureebe suspended court proceedings for 32 days in line with the nationwide lockdown announced …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde has petitioned the Minister of Health to discharge renowned cartoonist Dr Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, from institutional quarantine. Spire has been held in quarantine from March 19 when he arrived into the country from the United Kingdom. He was initially supposed to …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima district local government has suspended the ongoing verification of more than 1,300 tobacco farmers because of the coronavirus pandemic. Last year, President Yoweri Museveni promised to compensate more than 1,300 tobacco farmers after tobacco buying companies failed to meet their contractual obligation to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has said it does not have plans to help Ugandans stranded abroad because of the coronavirus lockdown. Several Ugandans are stranded in many countries amidst the coronavirus lock down. Students and workers are among Ugandans stranded in the United States of America and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Medical Association urges the community not to stigmatize COVID-19 patients who will be discharged from the treatment centres. Dr Richard Idro, the President of the association says that they are worried communities may fail to welcome the returnees after completing their 14 days …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital has received a boost of  243 million shillings from Mbarara University of Science and Technology for the construction of a permanent isolation center. Currently, the hospital uses tarpaulin to host the isolation centre, which receives patients from various western Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers are to spend six months in prison for assaulting civilians at Elegu border town in Amuru district. They are Lance Corporal Constantine Winyi Abor, Privates Muhammad Makanga, John Mack Eboku, Robert Mutenga, Sylvester Ayo and Emma Ayimbisibwe. UPDF …

Wuhan, China | AFP | Thousands streamed out of the Chinese city of Wuhan Wednesday after a lockdown on the birthplace of the coronavirus was lifted, offering a ray of hope even as Europe and the United States faced rising deaths and crippling economic pain. As Wuhan reawakens, Western countries remain …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A cross section of residents of Entebbe Municipality are unhappy with the new directive requiring the Residential District Commissioners and their deputies to issue travel permits for only a day. The Minister for the Presidency, Esther Mbayo told RDCs and Deputy RDCs on Monday …

  Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The continuous movement of charcoal dealers to and out of Amuru district has the raised the concern of authorities because of the coronavirus pandemic. The charcoal dealers come from as far as Kampala and Kenya. Amuru sub county LC III chairperson, David Ocira …