Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders dealing in produce at the Busia market are unhappy about the delayed re-opening of the market. According to the vendors, they don’t understand why they are closed yet President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in his last address allowed all agricultural stores to operate and …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of Uganda Christian University-UCU students stuck in off campus hostels are in need of food relief, URN has learnt. The student guild has so far registered over 160 of the estimated 300 students spread in 28 private hostels and rentals in need of …
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Why using soap and water is better | THE INDEPENDENT | Hand soap and hand sanitiser might seem interchangeable, but they are meant for different circumstances. While sanitiser is smart to have on hand for when you are on the go, healthcare professionals agree that nothing beats a thorough hand …
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Paris, France | AFP | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed there should for now be no quarantine measures for travellers arriving in Britain from France, the Elysee said on Sunday. Johnson said Sunday that Britain would “soon” quarantine air passengers from abroad due to …
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Tanzanian president throws spanner into COVID-19 testing | THE INDEPENDENT | For those who recall the #WhatWouldMagufuliDo hashtag on Twitter in 2015 and have been following Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli’s unorthodox methods since then, his recent sting on the country’s COVID-19 testing facilities is nothing unusual. But it is …
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Is this hope or gloom for Africans? COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it encourages innovations in the search for potential treatments for the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) including repurposing drugs, traditional medicines, and developing new therapies. COVID-19, a newly identified strain of …
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Malaba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The cumulative number of foreign truck drivers confirmed with COVID-19 in Uganda rose to 61 Sunday, after the Ministry of health announced five more positive tests. The truck drivers now account for over 50% of Uganda’s positive tests, that stand at 121. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Amuru has blocked a consultative meeting organized by Kilak South Member of Parliament Gilbert Olanya to discuss how to use the 20 million Shillings COVID-19 facilitation from Parliament. The meeting which was taking place in a hall at Lacor Catholic Parish in Lamogi Sub …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese District has received relief items from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) for distribution to persons affected by floods that devastated the area during the week. More than 120,000 people mainly from Karusandara sub-county and Bulembia-Kilembe Division were displaced and their crop gardens …
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Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Woman who was found wandering in a designated parking yard for long-distance trucks, last evening has been quarantined in Kayunga District. Florence Nakayenza, 27, a resident of Mpumudde-Kyampisi Kangulumira sub-county was sent to the quarantine centre at Namagabi primary school after recklessly touching a …
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