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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Tieng Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI) has paid tribute to the pioneering role of Jago (Prime Minister) emeritus Raphael Owere Onyango, who passed on this week. He will be buried at his ancestral home in Paya, West Budama, on Saturday. “The leadership of Padhola, and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in the last year of unprecedented upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, up by 22 percent from 2010. There is a significant increase in the use of cannabis during the pandemic. That’s among the key findings of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women activists have asked the government to look beyond mosquito nets and provide women spending nights in markets with security and sanitary places to guarantee their safety. On Friday last week, President Yoweri Museveni asked women vendors to sleep in the markets to reduce contact …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer allowed access to Naguru police headquarters, according to the new directives by Inspector General of Police Martin Ochola. Counter-terrorism teams guarding the entrance are restricting people from going beyond the gate without proof of vaccination. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Medical Stores (NMS) has so far delivered 93,360 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines to 94 districts across the country. These are part of the 175,200 doses of the AstraZenca vaccine, Uganda received last week from the French government. Sheila Nduhukire, the NMS spokesperson …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COVID-19 task forces in Acholi have expressed concern about the unreliable ambulance services that are affecting timely care delivery to patients in the region. Some of the ambulances have broken down due to mechanical conditions and require huge budgets to repair and maintain. Apart …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies are experiencing an increase in the number of their personnel infected with Covid-19. The personnel are either hospitalized or seeking treatment from their homes. Figures from sources including those already confirmed show security agencies among others, Uganda Prisons Service- UPS, Uganda People’s Defence …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private healthcare providers have asked government to give them up to June 28th to submit their proposals on how to handle exorbitant health fees that have caused wide public outcry. The providers who were meeting Col. Edith Nakalema who heads the State House Anti-Corruption Unit …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah conducted several COVID-19 tests from 2nd June to 22 June before traveling to the UK, and in all he emerged negative according to family sources. Oulanyah last presided over the sitting of the 11th Parliament during the reading of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has hailed former Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga for being a modest and person of humility. Kadaga took oath as the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Affairs at a short swearing in function held at State House …