Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A doctor attached to Amach health centre IV is in trouble for allegedly extorting money from patients. Dr. Pius Omach, who doubles as a surgeon at the facility is being accused of demanding money from patients before they can be operated on. According to reports, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Cabinet has approved the National Transport and Logistics Policy 2021, by the Ministry of Works and Transport, which is an updated version of the draft National Transport Policy and Strategy of 2014. The 2014 policy and strategy had been overtaken by the new developments …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya who is battling charges of inciting violence. The Grade One Magistrate, Doreen Olga Karungi granted the legislators bail of sh1 million in cash. She ordered each of his …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine, has said the ministry will soon have 53 functional health centres located at various border points in the country. She said that the facilities would be equipped with specialized laboratories to support port health services and …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Muslim District Kadhi, Sheikh Musa Khelil has decried the approach by security personnel of shooting to kill suspects without according them a fair hearing. Referring to a recent incident in which the police shot dead a Muslim cleric, Sheikh Muhammad Kirevu, Sheikh Khelil …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has warned the producers of and dealers in Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) of an impending crackdown on substandard products following a survey that revealed gross violations of the laws. The 2020 UNBS market survey covered 35 outlets …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is striving to consolidate the gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS despite the impact of COVID-19, a senior health official said on Wednesday. “COVID-19 did not spare the National HIV and AIDS Response. However, there was a 41 percent decline in HIV testing and …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has threatened to name and shame MPs who refuse to accept responsibility for their children. Among was on Wednesday December 1, 2021 presiding over the house during a heated debate on a statement presented by the Vice …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development in charge of Microfinance Hajj Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune has announced an additional sh360 million to be injected into the program in each constituency, with each well-performing SACCO set to receive 20 million. The additional seed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons has received three sets of guidelines on how to handle terror suspects. The tools were developed by both the Uganda Prisons Services and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime -UNODC. They are supposed to prevent the spread of violent extremism …
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