Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 14-year-old boy living with HIV/AIDS is stuck at Kiwoko Hospital where he was abandoned by parents during COVID-19 lockdown. The boy was admitted at Kiwoko Hospital after developing HIV related opportunistic infections. He had been abandoned at the grandfather’s home at Wankwale village in …
Read More »Kitgum Covid-19 taskforce to establish screening centre at Uganda-South Sudan border
Kitgum , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum Covid-19 task force is to establish a screening centre at a porous border point with South Sudan to fight the spread of COVID-19. The screening centre will be established at Lucom village in Orom Sub County with support from RHITES North Acholi, a …
Read More »Residents use hoes to work on Mbale-Bukiende road
Bukiende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Bukiende Sub County in Mbale district have decided to take matters in their own hands and work on Bukiende-Mbale road. Residents picked up hoes and machetes on Monday afternoon and decided to work on the road that has been in sorry state for …
Read More »Gov’t provides UGX 2.1B for Nakatsi seed secondary school construction
Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has allocated Shillings 2.1 billion for the construction of Nakatsi seed secondary school in Bududa district. The money will be used to construct six class room blocks, 2 teacher’s houses, two latrines, library, computer lab, laboratory and playground. The construction works were commissioned over …
Read More »MPs demand accountability for funds spent on locust fight
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee on Agriculture want the government to account for funds spent in the fight against locusts. Uganda has spent more than 267 billion shillings in loans and donations to fight locusts that ravaged some parts of East and Central Africa …
Read More »Gov’t officials meeting in Entebbe to discuss possibility of ending lockdown
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A meeting of top government officials is underway at State House Entebbe to discuss the possible reopening of the remaining sectors of the economy, as the President prepares to speak to the Nation today. The government started easing COVID-19 restrictions a month ago, after …
Read More »90-Year old sues chinese company over stone quarrying activities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dorotia Nakabuye, a 90-year-old resident of Nambi village, in Zirobwe Sub-county has sued a Chinese Company Bangcheng Investments Limited for undertaking stone quarrying activities near her home. Nakabuye said that she is a peasant farmer who is suffering from illnesses that come with old age, …
Read More »Uganda’s unpaid dues to international agencies rise to UGX 46.2b
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s international obligations are expected to accumulate to 46.28 billion Shillings this financial year, if no funding is availed to clear arrears, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Annually, the Ministry is expected to meet subscription fees to different International Organizations, among them the …
Read More »Kampala private school owners seek tax waivers from KCCA
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private School owners in Kampala Central Division have petitioned Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA seeking a waiver of property tax and trading license for at least two years to enable them to recover from effects of COVID-19. The schools, organised under Kampala Central Private Schools Owners …
Read More »Prisoners, Ugandans in diaspora to vote in 2026
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans in the diaspora and the prisoners will be able to participate in the 2026 general elections but not in 2021 as had been earlier ordered by the High Court. This is according to the consent order signed by the Electoral Commission lawyers led by …
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