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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru district Covid-19 taskforce has stopped all medical workers who skipped vaccination against coronavirus from accessing health facilities. The Covid-19 taskforce arrived at the decision on Tuesday and will start enforcing it on Friday this week. The Resident District Commissioner, Geoffrey Osborn Ocheng, who also …

PostBank Uganda has been appointed to disburse the government COVID-19 relief funds to the select Ugandans heavily impacted by the pandemic Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | PostBank Uganda has been appointed to disburse the government COVID-19 relief funds to the select Ugandans impacted by the pandemic and the ongoing lockdown, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has reopened the Central Corridor to transport cargoes across Lake Victoria from the Tanzanian town of Mwanza to the Ugandan capital Kampala, transport authorities said on Wednesday. “The revitalization of the Central Corridor after many years of inactivity is a clear testimony of Uganda’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five suspects covered with bruises, wounds and burn marks have been arraigned before the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Nakawa on charges of terrorism and the subsequent murder of the daughter and driver to the Minister for Works and Transport General Katumba Wamala. Those charged today …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Covid-19 survivors in Gulu are demanding discharge certificates to enable them to counter segregation by the local communities. The survivors who underwent home-based care management and later tested negative for the virus say they continue facing segregation, rejection and isolation from the communities. Santos Comboni …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eight people have been arrested for illegally growing marijuana in Abongomola sub county in Kwania district. The eight were arrested in a joint operation carried out by police and the local leaders on Wednesday. According to Ivan Nuwagaba, the Kwania acting District Police Commander, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde, the former Minister for Primary Education has welcomed her appointment as the National Resistance Movement-NRM Director for Mobilization, Training and Cadre Development. Seninde who also lost the Wakiso Woman Member of Parliament seat is replacing Mathias Kasamba who died early this year. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uncertainty surrounds the electricity industry following continued criticism of the current management regime which has seen all business segments largely managed by private sector companies. Earlier this year, President Yoweri Museveni said that the cost of electricity in Uganda had remained high partly because of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two senior lecturers from Islamic University in Uganda-IUIU have sued the rector, Prof. Ismail Simbwa Gyagenda and four others over the appointment of the director Kampala campus and the director for public relations. Also sued is IUIU, University secretary, Dr. Adnan Ali Adikata, and the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Covidex drug is not yet on the list of options health workers can use for treatment, even with recent notification by the National Drug Authority (NDA) that it can be used as a supportive medication for viral infections including COVID-19. There has been a …