Tag Archives: Mbale

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of People Power pressure group and the National Unity Platform- NUP party have condemned the decision by security to disrupt the talk shows of their president, Robert Kyagulanyi. This comes a few hours after security blocked Kyagulanyi from appearing on a political radio …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teargas rocked Mutoto cultural grounds in Mbale district on Friday afternoon as police battled hundreds of people who had gathered for the launch of the traditional Bamasaba circumcision alias Imbalu. Police deployed at the cultural grounds to stop the launch for violating the ban on …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 30 families in Makhumbo village in Mbale city’s industrial division are out in the cold following their eviction from their ancestral land. The families were dissatisfied by government’s compensation for over 600 acres of land currently hosting Mbale industrial park in the then …

  Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The International Medical Centre (IMC) has expanded its Mbale Clinic with an In-Patient Department as it strengthens its network across Uganda. According to the General Manager of International Medical Centre, Joel Oroni, the expansion drive is aimed at increasing the healthcare services offered in Mbale. …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary has listed up to 40 criminal appeals to be heard using zoom technology by the court in Mbale. The session which will last two weeks starting on Monday will be presided over by the Acting Chief Justice Alfonso Owinyi-Dollo. Other Justices include …

✳ 1,079 Ugandan cases ✳ 971 Ugandan recoveries ✳ 1 Ugandan death Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has registered its first COVID-19 death four months after the epidemic broke out in the country. The victim is a 34-year-old woman who died at Joy Hospice Center in Mbale City …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of households in Mbale and Pallisa districts missed out on the recent mosquito net distribution exercise by the Health Ministry. Early this month, government embarked on the nationwide distribution of 27 million mosquito nets beginning with 25 districts in Eastern Uganda including Mbale …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is high in Mbale city following the death of a patient with COVID-19 like symptoms. The patient was picked up from Mabyale sub county in Namisindwa district and admitted at Joyce Hospice health centre. It is alleged the patient fell sick a week …

  Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Casual laborers in the newly elevated Mbale city are threatening to lay down their tools after going nine months without pay. The laborers say they last received payment in November last year. The laborers earn between Shillings 90,000 and 120,000 monthly depending on …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Districts in Eastern Uganda are operating without ambulances. The ambulances in Mbale, Busia, Tororo and Kapchorwa are grounded over lack of funds for repair while others are beyond repair, forcing medical officials to rely on ambulances donated by well-wishers who include politicians and Non-Governmental …