NAIROBI, KENYA | TASS | More than 120 mpox patients left medical establishments amid the upheaval in the North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the country’s health ministry. Thus, it said that 128 mpox patients had left ransacked quarantine facilities in the area. Apart …
Read More »Mass burials begin in Goma following deadly M23 insurgency
Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The process of burying victims killed during the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel insurgency in Goma, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has commenced. According to a report released late last week by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations …
Read More »UDB-funded medical supplies company dispatches its first consignment of HIV and Malaria testing kits
The investment from Uganda Development Bank supported MHS in acquiring capital-intensive equipment and purchase of raw materials. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Microhaem Scientific (MHS), a Ugandan medical supplies company funded by the Uganda Development Bank (UDB), has dispatched its first consignment of locally manufactured diagnostic kits to the …
Read More »WHO welcomes Ebola vaccine trial in Uganda
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | The ongoing Ebola vaccine trial in Uganda is an achievement in the fight against the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. In a statement posted on its website late Monday, the WHO said the trial, which began with contacts of the index Ebola …
Read More »Government seeks another tax waiver for Bujagali
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has tabled before Parliament, the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025 that seeks to extend the tax exemption to Bujagali Hydro Power Project up to 30 June 2025. The bill presented by State Minister for Finance (General Duties), Henry Musasizi on Tuesday, 04 February 2025 …
Read More »EBOLA: More than 100 contacts of patient under isolation in Mbale
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 contacts of a patient who succumbed to the deadly Sudan Ebola virus are under isolation in Mbale City. Last week, the Ministry of Health declared an Ebola outbreak after a 32-year-old male nurse from Mbale, who was working at Mulago National …
Read More »AG seeks Chief Justice’s guidance on implementing decision on military trials
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General has written to Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo Chigamoy seeking guidance on the implementation of the Supreme Court decision that banned the trial of Civilians in the General Court Martial. Addressing Parliament on Tuesday, Kiwanuka indicated that the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) …
Read More »Kyagulanyi renews call for release of political prisoners
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, has renewed his call for the immediate release of all political prisoners following last week’s Supreme Court ruling. The highest court of Uganda on Friday nullified all ongoing prosecutions of civilians …
Read More »Gov’t fails to present update on long detentions without trial
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs has been directed to present before Parliament, a statement on prolonged pre-trial detention within a week. Government was expected to present the statement to the House on Tuesday, 04 February 2025. The statement was supposed to provide …
Read More »25 contacts of Ebola patients traced in Jinja city
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Senior Health Educator of Jinja City, Sayyid Kalume, has confirmed that 25 contacts of the two Ebola patients identified last week have been traced. The majority of these contacts are family members and neighbors of the patients, who were isolated after testing positive …
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