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Parliament demands free COVID-19 tests, subsidized treatment

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have appealed to government to review the COVID-19 test costs and ensure that those who test positive get affordable treatment. The call was made during a special sitting this afternoon in which Parliament paid tribute to legislators who have succumbed to COVID-19  …

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Speaker, MPs eulogize MP Rehema Watongola

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Busoga parliamentary caucus have eulogized the fallen Kamuli Municipality MP, Rehema Watongola who succumbed to COVID-19 at Mulago National Referral Hospital on Saturday morning. Watongola’s death comes barely a week after losing her brother to COVID-19. Speaking at Jinja city hall on …

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