Tag Archives: Uganda

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports will not re-open schools until their counterparts in the health sector guarantee the safety of learners. State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo says that despite increasing calls from both parents and school administrators for re-opening of …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has described as false reports that President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for the suspension activities by the Local Defense Units (LDUs). Speaking to Uganda Radio Network, Maj. Bilal Katamba, the spokesperson of the Local Defence Unit said …

    Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Water and Sewerage Corporation is struggling to collect payments from water bills that accumulated before and during COVID 19 lockdown. The utility company halted disconnections during the lockdown to maintain a constant flow of water at a time when Ugandans were …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 73% of students in higher institutions of learning have found the new learning methods employed during the lockdown harder than conventional studying methods. Several institutions switched from the four-walled classrooms and adopted remote collaboration tools and learning management systems after the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A boutique owner is seeking compensation of more than sh53 million from China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited, the company contracted to upgrade John Babiiha Avenue in Kampala. The company was contracted by the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA for the reconstruction and widening of …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu hospital is seeking help from UNICEF and World Vision to help build a centre to cater for children of COVID-19 patients. Six children are housed at the COVID-19 treatment centre at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital where their mothers are receiving treatment after testing positive …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets starts today in 25 districts of Eastern and Northern Uganda. This is part of the newly launched “under the net” campaign, through which the government intends to distribute up to 27.5 million mosquito nets across the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Relatively wealthy people received more support, in cash and in-kind, compared to those who needed aid during the COVID-19 lockdown. These were the findings of a survey undertaken by Sauti za Wananchi at Twaweza Uganda between May and June 2020 the time when the …

We need to seize the ‘handwashing with soap’ moment COMMENT | Dennis Alioni | Uganda’s handwashing rate shot up to an unprecedented 86% in the last three months, surpassing the country’s 2020 National Development Plan II target of 50% and the 2019 average of 36%. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The World Bank said in a report Wednesday that digital technologies are critical in reviving Uganda’s economy, which has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. The international finance institution said in the latest edition of the Uganda Economic Update that the country’s economy this …