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  Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Soroti office is set to begin inspecting detention facilities in the Teso, Sebei, and Bugisu subregions to assess the living conditions of inmates. This month, the commission plans to visit 30 police station cells, 15 prisons, a remand …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Kitgum Government Hospital increasingly struggles with emergency cases due to the ongoing industrial action by a section of health workers, health administrators have retrieved their stethoscopes and white coats to practice what they were originally trained to do – saving lives. The Allied …

New study starts on choice in prevention methods Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Something unusual is happening at the Makerere University – John Hopkins University (MUJHU) research collaboration facility at Mulago hill in Kampala. The walls of the aging building have been freshly painted white with carefully coated patches …

Kampala, Uganda  | GODFREY SSALI |  The National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate Rose-Lilly Akello has been declared the winner of the Kaabong Woman Member of Parliament seat. Akello was declared the winner of Monday’s by-election by the returning officer for Kaabong District Sarah Iyolu after garnering 21,814 votes out of 43,965 …