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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is high in Mbale city following the death of a patient with COVID-19 like symptoms. The patient was picked up from Mabyale sub county in Namisindwa district and admitted at Joyce Hospice health centre. It is alleged the patient fell sick a week …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Mahmood Mamdani is new the Chancellor of Kansanga based Kampala International University-KIU. The University Vice Chancellor, Dr. Mouhamad Mpezamihigo confirmed the development saying the decorated academician is coming with a lot to add on the “leading private university”. He says there is no …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Weak laws have been identified as the biggest challenge to the efforts to protect and preserve historical buildings and monuments in Uganda. Conservationists say proprietors of historical buildings and monuments are at liberty to do whatever pleases them since the legal framework doesn’t compel …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has embarked on a second rapid assessment aimed at identifying the source of COVID-19 infections with in specific communities. According to the ministry of health, the results from the assessment will inform the country’s response to the disease. It is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment- SAGE program in Lango are struggling to access payment due to the long distances. In Lango sub-region, 22,042 persons are benefiting from the program with an additional 7,264 expected to be enrolled from the districts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Male Mabirizi has withdrawn his application seeking a review of the Supreme Court decision upholding the scraping of the presidential age limit from the constitution. He announced the decision before a panel of seven Supreme Court justices this morning and didn’t specify reasons for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has announced that his People Power movement has morphed into a political party, the National Unity Party. Speaking at his People Power secretariat in Kamwokya on Wednesday morning, Kyagulanyi said for the last two years they have been in negotiations with …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The outgoing Luweero Chief Administrative Officer, Godfrey Kuruhiira has advised residents to drop the mentality of riding on their contribution to the National Resistance Army-NRA war, saying it is a big hindrance to development in the area. Luweero district is a beneficiary of huge sums …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Environment Management Authority- NEMA has conducted a re-assessment exercise on the boundaries of Namiiro swamp in Kiwafu village, Entebbe Municipality.  Namiiro wetland, located along the shores of Lake Victoria, covers 1,000 hectares stretching from Kiwafu, Kiwafu West and Lugogo-Nakiwogo villages in Entebbe Municipality …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  On Tuesday, President Yoweri Museveni announced plans to allow salons to resume normal operations about four months after they were closed as part of the Covid19 control measures. Despite the official closure, some salonists in Kampala have been going about their normal business. I …