Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has halted the suspension of importation and clearance of used garments and used footwear. The standards body had announced the suspension of the importation of used clothes and used footwear on Tuesday as a precautionary measure to prevent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the Attorney General William Byaruhanga to guide parliament on a court order stopping the disbursement of sh10 billion allocated to the legislature for activities aimed at containing Coronavirus- COVID-19. The court order against the Parliamentary Commission …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago hospital this morning discharged three more patients who have recovered from the Coronavirus (COVID -19). The hospital according to Ministry of Health Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ainebyoona remains with only three patients undergoing treatment having had a total of 20 discharged. From all …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight contacts of the Kenyan truck driver who tested positive to COVID-19 are being quarantined at Paboo Secondary School classrooms in Amuru district. The suspects have been padlocked at the facility gazetted as an isolation centre to control them from escaping. Paboo SS is …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | AGeoPoll survey on Sub-Saharan Africa shows that there is concern that many nations on the continent are poorly prepared for a pandemic as easily transmissible as COVID-19. Many are frightened about coronavirus spreading in their countries, others about its economic impact, especially …
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Beijing, China | AFP | After Wuhan was sealed off from the world, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang started an online diary about the coronavirus tragedy unfolding in her hometown. Her journal drew tens of millions of readers — but now that it is about to be published abroad in several …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | DStv and GOtv customers who have fully paid up on their subscription will automatically get upgraded to the next higher package at no extra cost, the company said on April 20. Offers took effect on April 20 and will stand until COVID-19 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has donated 5, 000 coronavirus testing kits, reagents and accessories worth Shs381million to the Ministry of Health, it said on April 21. Officials said that part of this money (Shs60million) has been contributed voluntarily by individual …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan who passed away in Dubai and whose body was repatriated into the country was an accident and not COVID-19 victim , Ministry of Health has clarified. The Director-General of Health Services Dr Henry Mwebesa says that the person whose body was repatriated from …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Rules, Privileges and Discipline Committee to commence a process of amending the rules of procedure to help them proceed to a virtual parliament amid the coronavirus pandemic. Kadaga made the instruction yesterday stating that operations of …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
