Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | What if the oil and gas joint venture partners decided to begin oil production in the coming months, is the transportation sector in Uganda able to provide qualified truck drivers? The answer is no according to players in the transport and logistics sector. It is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira Catholic Diocese has resolved to collect offertory from Christians through mobile money. The move follows the Presidential directive banning church services alongside other public gatherings which attracts a large crowd. Rt. Rev. Sanctus Lino Wanok, the Ordinary Bishop of the Diocese advised the Christians …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thugs have taken advantage of the ongoing rehabilitation of Naalya roundabout along the Northern by pass to terrorise motorists. Motorists have complained about organized groups and gangs targeting them at different sections of the bypass. Some of the motorists claim the thugs hide in trenches …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation-WHO African region manager has backed the closure of schools and ban of public gatherings in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Matshidiso Moeti describes the decision taken by countries like Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda as strong demonstrative measures to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda AIDS Commission has asked Parliament to allocate an additional 16 billion shillings to HIV prevention due to the rise in new HIV infections. According to Eddy Mukooyo the chairperson Uganda Aids Commission, there are currently 53,000 new HIV infections estimated to translate into …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several schools were thrown in confusion following the President’s directive requiring all educational institutional to close as a preventive measure against COVID 19. While announcing the directive in a televised address on Wednesday evening, President Yoweri Museveni, said it was necessary to close schools to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Prisons has halted routine visits to inmates in its facilities as part of the preventive measures against coronavirus. Margret Orik, the Northern Region Prisons Commander disclosed this to URN in an interview on Thursday. She explained that the top Uganda Prison Services leadership has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA has banned weekly markets, open markets and road side markets in the city effective 19th March. The move is part of the preventive measures against the COVID 19. It comes a day after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni directed the closure …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Among the most outstanding orders that government-issued was the banning of a religious congregation. Speaking to the country on Wednesday, President Yoweri Museveni said, after closing education institutions that are the major concentration of people, there was a need to also deal with …

Paris, France | AFP | The lack of available tests for COVID-19 means the world is effectively fighting the pandemic blind and may not know the true extent of infection for months if not years, experts said Thursday. Because COVID-19 is so infectious — roughly 2.5 times that of the common …