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Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ishaka COVID-19 taskforce has been accused of selling relief food to residents who are supposed to get it at no cost. The task force has received more than 60 tons of food for distribution to people whose livelihoods were disrupted by measures to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fourteen Chinese nationals have appeared before Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court on charges of illegal possession of wildlife species and illegal presence in Uganda. The accused were arraigned before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Miriam Oyo Okello in two separate batches. The first group …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo district education department is hunting for over Shillings 45 million to photocopy additional self-help learning materials for primary and secondary school learners. The Lamwo District Education Officer, Barnabas Langoya tabled the request before the COVID-19 Taskforce saying the department had received less learning …

Mutukula, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Communities around the Uganda-Tanzania border at Mutukula remain complacent even as the number of truck drivers who have gone through Mutukula border and have tested positive for Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is on an increase. This was revealed by Richard Kabanda, the Commissioner for Health …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy police deployment around old taxi park as Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA embarks on the renovation works. Police has deployed dozens of police officers and water cannons in the park to provide security to the workers of Sterling Civil Engineering Ltd and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces -UPDF has warned Ugandans to stay away from cross border trucks in order to reduce contact with persons who could be infected with coronavirus disease. Speaking today at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Lt. Col. Deo Akiiki, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Disruptions of antiretroviral therapy could lead to more than 500,000 extra deaths from AIDS-related illnesses in sub-Saharan Africa if efforts are not made to overcome interruptions in health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. The estimates were unveiled by a modelling group convened by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has condemned the torture that was subjected to the Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake after he was allegedly found distributing food in disregard of Presidential directives. After the order locking down the country as a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 50-year-old Amina Kareem has spent her nights in the market for close to two months now as she struggles to make ends meet amid the ongoing lockdown. Her decision was in response to a call by President Yoweri Museveni to reduce contact with family …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fr. Lazarus Ejoyi has forcefully been evicted from the priest’s residence at Ediofe Cathedral in Arua district. Over 20 members of the parish pastoral council stormed Ediofe Cathedral Parish and Bishop’s Chancery this morning and started throwing out the priest’s property. They broke the …