Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security officials in greater Arua have come under the spot light for delaying transportation of pregnant mothers thus denying them timely access to Arua hospital especially during curfew hours. According to a weekly report from last week, some mothers lost their babies due to delays …
Read More »Safari rally re-establishes Kenya’s place in global motorsport high table
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The ultimate test between man and machine roared back to life during the past week with the successful hosting of the 2021 Safari Rally in Kenya. On June 27, Frenchman Sebastien Ogier was crowned the winner of the WRC Safari Rally 2021 for his fourth victory …
Read More »Arua police stuck with abandoned Rwandese woman and her 2 daughters
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Child and Family Protection Unit of Police in Arua is stuck with a Rwandese woman and her two daughters after she abandoned by her Tanzanian husband in Arua. Harriet Korodina, 28 years and her two daughters Kemirembe Bertina, 9 years and one identified as …
Read More »District chairpersons demand punitive action against misuse of vehicles
Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The LC V district chairpersons for Lwengo and Sembabule are demanding punitive action against the chronic misuse of government fleets in local governments. They note that the presence of many non-functional government vehicles currently grounded in their districts is frustrating the movements of the newly …
Read More »Stigmatization hindering Covid-19 home based care treatment in Gulu city
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Gulu city are on spot for stigmatizing COVID-19 patients undergoing home-based care treatment. The latest report from Gulu District Health Office indicates that a total of 419 COVID-19 patients are undergoing home-based care, while 37 and 14 are in severer condition at St. …
Read More »University students protest high debt burden
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of youth have asked the government to pay attention to its increasing debt burden. The youth spoke to URN on Monday just as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) board was approving another $1billion loan under its Extended Credit Facility arrangement. Under the arrangement, …
Read More »Gov’t lists beneficiaries of Covid-19 relief cash
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has released a list of the groups of people who will benefit from the Covid-19 relief cash. While announcing the second lockdown to control the spread of Covid-19, President Yoweri Museveni said that his government was going to support vulnerable people whose income …
Read More »Pearl Dairy unveils Shs9.25b packaging line
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Pearl Dairy Farms Limited, the processor and manufacturer of Lato Milk branded products has unveiled the addition of a new Shs9.25billion Tetrapak Edge production line to its Mbarara based facility, it said on June 29 in a media release. Executives said, the new line will …
Read More »Teacher remanded over wife’s murder
Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grade One Magistrate Court in Lira has remanded a 30-year-old secondary school teacher for the alleged murder of his wife. Boniface Aweri, a teacher at Kiryandongo High School and a resident of Ireda Shamba cell, Lira city was arrested last week following the death …
Read More »South Sudan authorities holding 42 Ugandan farmers
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudanese authorities are holding forty-two Ugandan nationals for allegedly cultivating illegally inside their territory. The suspects, majorly residents of Ngomoromo village in Lokung sub county, Lamwo district are being held at Pugee Military detachment in Ayachi county in the Eastern Equatorial State of South …
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