Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital is scheduled to reopen to the general public on March 1, the principal administrator Muhammad Mubiru has revealed. The hospital closed the outpatient, dental, optical, maternal and child care departments in March 2020 to focus on the effective management of COVID-19 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Renowned court bailiff Moses Kirunda, who is standing trial for murder before the General Court Martial wants the court to bar the media from covering his case. Kirunda, who is jointly charged with Major Nelson Kyatuuka for the murder of city businessman Magid Mugwanya, says …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human rights lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde has asked the Court of Appeal to temporarily release Male Mabirizi from prison pending the determination of his appeal challenging the 18-month sentence handed to him for contempt of court. He made the request when Mabirizi’s application for stay execution …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University is yet to receive funding from government to support the clinical trials for Covilyce-1, a supportive herbal treatment for COVID-19. This comes nearly eight months after President Yoweri Museveni authorized the release of Shillings 3.7 billion to support the clinical trials for Covilyce-1. …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Arua has arrested a woman for allegedly stealing a one-day-old baby from Arua Regional Referral Hospital. The suspect is Night Bileru, a resident of Okokoro town council in Maracha district. Jimmy Anguyo, the West Nile Region Child and Family Protection Unit Officer, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Ankole Diocese has received a Sprinkler Irrigation System worth Shillings 786 million, thanks to the Ministry of Water and Environment. The Sprinkler irrigation system sits on twenty acres of land. Rt. Rev. Nathan Ahimbisibwe, the Bishop South Ankole diocese, says the irrigation system is …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dot Services has applied for five months extension to complete the second phase of the Uganda Support to Municipality Infrastructural Development-USMID project in Mbale City. The government contracted Dot Services in November 2020 to undertake the construction of Naboa road and Cathedral Avenue at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a growing concern on the use of the abridged curriculum with schools and teachers raising eminent issues which seem to have been ignored by the authorities in the Ministry of Education and Sports. Whereas the ministry is rooting for a compressed or an …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have died in Kasese district in two separate elephant attacks. Stray elephants from Queen Elizabeth National Park killed one person in Karusandara sub-county, and another in Kyakitale A cell in Katwe, Kabatooro rown council, Kasese district. The acting Rwenzori East Regional Police Spokesperson, …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kansai Plascon, Uganda’s paint company has donated supplies worth Shs50million to the Entebbe Grade B Hospital as the company continues to spread cheer in communities and celebrate its customers. The donation which is part of the recently concluded ‘Paint and Win’ Colours of Celebration promotion …