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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) has cautioned the public against hoarding medicines, as the country faces the worst strain of coronavirus. According to NDA, some people stocked medicines from pharmacies, even as it’s recommended that some drugs can only be taken with prescription by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A constitutional court decision which nullified parts the Public Order Management Act offers a glimmer of hope for the political opposition, human rights defenders and activists, to operate in Uganda, according to Amnesty International. The court yesterday declared Section 8 of Uganda’s Public Order …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport has today closed all driving permit facilities around the country due to the ongoing lockdown as a precaution to the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The ministry made the announcement through a text message sent to phones of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several boda boda riders around the country have continued to defy the ban on public transport, two days after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced it. On Wednesday evening the president issued an order suspending the use of public transport in order to reduce the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Foreign Direct Investment flows are liable to drop by 30 to 40 percent during 2020 into next year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic reflecting a far more severe economic blow that initially projected. This is according to the latest investment trends monitor report, …

  London, United Kingdom | AFP |  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus,” he said on Twitter, posting a video message. “I am now self-isolating, …

Kwania, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Construction of a multipurpose store at Aduku Health Center IV in Kwania district has started. The health facility in the newly created Kwania district has been operating without a proper drug store. The facility has since been grappling with storing drugs safely due to poor …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Jinja-Misindye in Ggoma Division Mukono Municipality are protesting the shooting of a motorcycle rider for defying the presidential ban on public transportation. Alex Oryem, a builder at Misindye was shot in the left leg by a police officer attached to Jinja-Misindye police station …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Several traders and proprietors of restaurant in Luweero Taxi Park are crying foul following the ban on public transport. On Wednesday, President, Yoweri Museveni announced a 14-day travel ban on public transport to curtail the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. On Thursday, taxi …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There was chaos in Arua town on Thursday when a combined team of uniformed police officers and plain clothed men stormed the streets armed with sticks to enforce the presidential ban on public transport in a bid to curb the spread of corona virus. Dozens …