Refugees are crying out in advance for easy access to the jab in the next batch of vaccines expected soon Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Refugees living in urban areas have asked to be included in the Covid-19 vaccination exercise. Amudu Jean Pierre, a refugee who arrived in Uganda from …
Read More »Rwanda repatriates UPDF soldier
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private Bakulu Muhuba has regained his freedom following his release by Rwandan security. According to the Rwanda government, Muhuba who is attached to the 32nd Battalion Nyakabande in Kisoro district was arrested by Rwanda Defense Force-RDF soldiers at around 2:45pm on Sunday while loitering in …
Read More »Bundibugyo turns to para-social workers to curb early child pregnancies
Closure of schools for could fuel the already high cases of child pregnancies among school girls Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bundibugyo district is resorting to the use para-social workers to address cases of child pregnancies during the closure of schools. Last week, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced fresh restrictions …
Read More »Uganda receives UGX 25Bn from Global Fund to install seven oxygen plants
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has received US$ 7million, about Shillings 25 billion from the Global Fund to install seven oxygen plants across the country. Eng. George Otim, the commissioner of health infrastructure in the health ministry says they will install the oxygen plants in Mbarara, …
Read More »Experts warn against steam inhalation in Covid-19 treatment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recent resurgence in COVID-19 infection has forced many into desperate prevention and treatment interventions that doctors warn could be more harmful than the disease. Dr Richard Idro, a paediatrician at Mulago Specialized National Referral Hospital says while steam inhalation where many are using herbs …
Read More »Ministry calls for collective responsibility to end child labour
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has called for collective responsibility to end child labour in the country. Aggrey Kibenge, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development says the country is not lacking laws and policies against child …
Read More »Former Judiciary Permanent Secretary Kagole Kivumbi dead
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Permanent Secretary to the Judiciary, Expedito Kagole Kivumbi is dead. A statement from the Judiciary Senior Communications Officer, Solomon Muyita shows that Kivumbi died on Sunday evening at Le Memorial Medical Services at Kitiko-Lubowa Kigo road where he was admitted a week ago. …
Read More »Rubanda man torches house, wife and child killed
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Rubanda District is hunting for a 45-year-old man who set his house on fire, burning his wife and children to death. The suspect has been identified as Armstrong Vian 45, a businessman. The incident happened on Saturday in Habutobere village in …
Read More »Gulu reaps sh20m in fines to illegal charcoal dealers
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu District Local Government has levied fines on illegal charcoal dealers. Christopher Opiyo Ateke, the Gulu LCV Chairperson says ten trucks with over 1,000 bags of charcoals were impounded and fined in the ongoing operation that started on Friday in the areas of Palaro, …
Read More »Justice Ssekaana warns lawyer Mabirizi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The head of High Court Civil Division Justice Musa Ssekaana has warned Kampala City Lawyer Male Mabirizi against filing similar cases and withdrawing them after rejecting the Judge they have been allocated to. In his letter dated June 10 2021, Ssekaana notes that Mabirizi filed a …
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