Tag Archives: Uganda

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The teachers covid-19 relief fund for private schools promised by President Museveni has been sent back to the Micro Finance Support Centre. Last year, the government announced a revolving fund worth Shillings 20billion to support private teachers whose livelihoods were disrupted by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outcry about high treatment charges for COVID-19 patients at private health facilities will not end, until a greater majority of Ugandans are vaccinated. Doctors in private hospitals in Kampala have warned that whoever is refusing to be vaccinated, will ultimately pay price when …

Trucks at the border town of Elegu. PHOTO URN Elegu, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Ugandan truck drivers have been shot dead and one injured in South Sudan. The incident occurred on Thursday in Nesitu, Jubek County in the Central Equatorial State about 120 kilometres to Nimule border …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical Interns are demanding risk allowances due to their involvement in the treatment of Covid-19 patients. The demand was presented to the Parliamentary Covid-19 task force by Doctor Mary Lillian Nabwire, the President of the Federation of Uganda Medical Interns. According to Nabwire, many …

  Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudan Refugees living in urban areas in the West Nile region are unable to access their monthly relief food due to the ban on public transport and inter-district movement. Several refugees after being registered in the refugee settlement camps prefer to stay in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education is still uncertain when schools will reopen. Last month, President Yoweri Museveni announced fresh restrictions as part of measures to control the COVID-19 transmissions in the country in face of the second wave of the pandemic. Among the restrictions, the …

Were dozens of earlier suspects in Kiggundu, Kaweesi murders arrested on speculation? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three days ago, deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech, released a statement revealing Huzaifa Wampa alias Kanaabe as the 12th suspects in the shooting of Gen Edward Katumba Wamala. …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some families in Acholi are still hopeful they will see their loved ones who are still missing from the two-decade-long armed conflict in Northern Uganda 15 years ago. Between 1986 and 2006, it is estimated that the LRA rebels led by Joseph Kony abducted …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards has reduced the cost of certifying a product, following continuous complaints from manufacturers. UNBS has also phased out some costs altogether including Initial Audit Fees of 250,000 Shillings and Surveillance Audit Fees of 250,000. Sylvia Kirabo, the Head …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maize growers in Kawalakol, Kapedo and Sangar Sub Counties in Karenga district are counting loses after herd of buffalos and another of elephants raided their gardens, destroying an estimated 180 acres of the crop in the past few days. The wildlife from the Kidepo …