Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja tabled before Parliament a list of beneficiaries who have received the Covid-19 relief cash. The beneficiaries are from Kawempe Division, Nakawa Division, and Gulu City. She said that the list was meant to ensure accountability and transparency. The list was then …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition Members of Parliament have scoffed at Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja for banning the distribution of relief food by politicians during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. Early this week, Nabbanja stated that politicians were causing people to converge as they scramble for food, which exposes them …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has proposed to buy land and resettle internally displaced persons-IDPs in Kasese district. More than 200 households have spent at least 10 months in an Internally Displaced Camp-IDP in Muhokya sub-county after floods ravaged the district in May last year. Last week, more …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 480,137 people supposed to receive the 100,000 Shillings Covid-19 relief cash have been entered into the online payment system developed by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development as of today morning. According to Paul Onapa, the National Programme Manager Youth Livelihood Programme at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has drawn up a resurgence plan worth 1.32 trillion Shillings in anticipation of another coronavirus wave. The plan is highlighted in a report by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja scheduled to be presented before Parliament next week. It comes at a time when the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gender, Labor and Social Development Ministry has raised a red flag over unscrupulous individuals inviting people to register for the government COVID-19 grant. The scammers are using a web-based link, which went viral on different social media platforms shortly after the Prime Minister Robinah …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kakumiro Woman Member of Parliament Robinah Nabbanja has been approved by legislators as Uganda’s first female Prime Minister. Nabbanja will replace Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, now a special envoy in the Office of the President. Chris Baryomunsi, the Kinkizi East MP on Monday moved a motion …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Dr. Solomon Gafabusa Rukirabasaija Igura is happy with the appointment of Robinah Nabbanja as the new Prime Minister of the Republic of Uganda. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni appointed Nabbanja who was the outgoing Minister of Health in-charge of General …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of COVID-19 positive returnees is on the rise according to results released by the Ministry of Health today. Since Uganda started receiving returnees, 29 have tested positive for COVID-19. All the cases were detected during institutional quarantine at different centers. The most …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Hospital has admitted eleven expecting women who recently returned into the country and have symptoms of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Majority of these expecting women are in their second or third trimesters. They are also among the 270 Ugandans and legal residents who returned from United …
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