Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty three Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers attached to Mubende Rehabilitation center have received hearing devices worth Shillings 92 million, thanks to Starkey Hearing Foundation. The soldiers received the devices at a two day’s health camp held at Naranbhai road primary school in Jinja …

Bangkok, Thailand | AFP | As doctors scramble to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus, a potent brew of anti-retroviral and flu drugs has emerged as a possible defence against the mysterious sickness that has killed hundreds. But the science is inconclusive on whether they are actually effective and experts say successful treatment …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four Civil Society Organizations which lost a case filed in French Court in relation to Total’s oil projects in Uganda are considering seeking redress in court. The CSOs are; Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), Civic Response on Environment and Development (CRED)National Association for Profession …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni dispatched a team of officials from the Foreign Affairs Ministry on Tuesday to make use of the stop over by his Guinea Bissau counterpart, Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embalo to discuss trade relations between Uganda and the West African nation. Embalo made a …

Isingiro , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is excitement among residents of Nyamuyanja sub county in Isingiro district following the long awaited commissioning of Kaberebere –Nyamuyanja-Ryamiyonga road construction works. The 23.1km road stretch will cost Shillings 1.68 billion provided under the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project [DR DIP], which …

Mitooma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers in Katenga sub county in Mitooma district under their umbrella Kajoki Coffee Farmer’s Association are up in arms against traders for the poor coffee quality, which has resulted in low prices. A kilogram of coffee in Mitooma district currently costs Shillings 4200 down …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Richard Okurmur, a death row inmate, incarcerated at the Maximum Security Prison in Luzira says that the sentence cannot stop him and advised his colleagues to still build their lives, even when faced with a gloomy future. Sentenced to death for murder, Okurmur …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Institute of Health has stopped administration of vaccinations in its HVTN 702 clinical trial of an investigational HIV vaccine. This is after an independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) found during a review that the regimen did not prevent HIV. The study, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As a studies resume, parents have been warned to beware of schools that call themselves kindergartens and yet offer the primary school curriculum. Experts in Child Health and Development argue that this is disastrous to the developing capabilities of the little child as exposure to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dfcu bank remains the owner of the leasehold of the former Crane bank buildings it vacated, Bank of Uganda has said. The buildings, formerly hosting Crane bank branches but now being claimed by Meera Investments Limited, were taken over by Dfcu when it bought Crane …