Gulu district Covid-19 taskforce is seeking money to do mass sensitization to improve adherence to standard operating procedures and ensure high vaccine uptake Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district taskforce is hunting for Shillings 314 million to combat the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Key among the interventions lined up …
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Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Iganga district on Sunday afternoon arrested 27-year-old Shakira Nakato, a resident of Nampirika A village in Nakalama sub county over stealing a one-month-old baby boy from Betty Namale. It was on Friday afternoon when Nakato approached Namale claiming that she could connect her …
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Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy presence of police and Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF personnel in Butogota town council in Kanungu district along the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo border as Congolese nationals stage protests against two Ugandans accused of killing a local chief in their country. The protests …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General’s chambers have confirmed that four of the people who were arrested in relation to the shooting of General Katumba Wamala and murder of his daughter and his driver were shot dead and therefore cannot be produced in any court for plea taking. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of health workers have allegedly received less money than what they expected in their risk allowances paid in arrears. The health workers deployed in COVID-19 Treatment Units-CTU had taken months without receiving their allowances. Last week, a number of health workers received the …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University’s faculty of Bio-technology and Pharmaceutical Studies (PharmBiotec), needs financial assistance to produce large quantities of their Covid-19 herbal treatments. Three weeks ago, a group of more than ten scientists at the University started packing four different concoctions which they said they have been …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several crop gardens in various places in the country are drying up because of the prolonged drought raising fears of food shortage. The affected crops include beans, maize, millet and groundnuts among others. Some of the affected areas include Bulambuli in Bugisu sub-region, districts of …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwot David Onen Acana II, the Paramount Chief of Acholi Cultural Institution has called for collective responsibility to protect young girls from sexual abuse as the country battles the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rwot Acana told URN during an interview at his palace …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 440 market vendors who accepted to remain sleeping in their stalls in Soroti city have received mosquito nets. The nets were delivered by the ministry of health on Saturday. Robert Adyama Ekaju, the Soroti Resident City Commissioner flagged off the distribution of …
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Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two fishermen have died in the Lake Albert waters in Kikuube district after their boat capsized. The deceased have only been identified as Ajaruva (35) and Richard (24), both attached to Bugoma landing site in Buhuka parish, Kyangwali sub county in Kikuube district. The incident …
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