Brazzaville, Congo | Xinhua | Seven African countries have cumulatively reported nearly 1400 monkeypox cases so far this year, with 1,392 suspected and 44 confirmed cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday in a statement. The cases have been reported from Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has apologized for the Shs10.6 billion supplementary budget for Uganda Land Commission (ULC) to pay land claimants in Buganda and Bunyoro sub-regions in the financial year 2020/2021. Kasaija admitted that the request for the supplementary was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura and the Soroti District Woman Member of Parliament Anna Adeke, have been further remanded to Luzira prison for staging an unlawful assembly and inciting violence. The others are Suzan Nanyonjo, Mariam Kizito, Among Alice, and Margaret Madanda Wokuri, all Forum …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 300 farmers in Buraru sub county, Hoima district are counting losses after a hailstorm destroyed their gardens. The most affected farmers are from the villages of Ngobye, Burara, Kibingo, and Busanga in Buraru sub-county. They have lost maize, tobacco, cassava, sweet potatoes, beans, …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers in Eastern Uganda have asked Parliament’s Committee on Health to push for improvement in their working conditions citing dilapidated hospital structures and poor accommodation as serious concerns. Buyende District Health Officer (DHO), Dr Frederick Daniel Isabirye said his district, just like others in Eastern …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged African governments to come up with targeted interventions aimed at reducing the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the continent. Joyce Onsongo, the disease prevention and control officer at the WHO Kenya Office, said that there is …
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Lyantonde, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lyantonde police are holding a driver for knocking dead a Catholic pilgrim while walking to the Uganda Martyrs shrine in Namugongo. Jovita Tukahiirwa, 54, was knocked dead by a speeding Toyota harrier registration number UBH 186F along the Mbarara-Kampala highway. The late Tukahiirwa was part of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee (PAC)-Central Government has thrown out Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital officials for failure to provide several accounting documents. The officials appeared Tuesday before the committee led by the hospital director, Dr. Petersen Kyebambe to respond to audit queries in the Auditor General’s report …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto district authorities have embarked on mobilizing and sensitizing local leaders at all levels on the implementation of the Parish Development Model-PDM. Those attending the training at Kalip hall in Moroto town include village council leaders, councilors, municipal and district technical staff. Pauline Prisca Angolore, the …
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Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bushenyi district council has resolved to petition President Yoweri Museveni and Parliament over what they called the unfulfilled social-economic benefits from the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) project. It came after the Ibaare sub-county LCV councilor, Didas Tumwijukye moved the motion to Museveni and …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
