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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gizamba, aged 49 and a pastor at the Community corner stone church in Nkoma ward, Northern division in Mbale city died on Wednesday at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital. According to Dr. Emmanuel Tugaineyo, the Mbale hospital director, the deceased’s samples were picked shortly after …

📌 #Uganda UPDATE ✳️ 97 new #COVID19 cases ✳️ The cumulative total confirmed cases now 2,263 🔺Contacts & alerts 90: Kampala- 59 Wakiso- 11 Buikwe- 6 Luweero- 3 Namisindwa- 3 Mukono- 2 Jinja- 2 Kabale- 1 Oyam – 1 Tororo – 1 🔺1 returnee from Mali 🔺6 truck drivers Kampala, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An analysis of police reports on motor vehicle thefts and robberies in the country shows that on average 700 cars are stolen or robbed in Kampala every year. This translates to two vehicles being stolen or robbed every day in Kampala. Statistics compiled by …

  Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (Buhinga hospital) is struggling to operate after running out of surgical masks. According to the hospital director, Dr. Alex Adeko, the health facility ran out of masks at the beginning of this week due to their high …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The entrance of Uganda to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative – EITI, a global partnership for mineral resources accountability has excited Civil Society Coalition in oil and gas. Uganda as a prospective oil resource mining country was early this month admitted into the EITI …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 22-year-old Ugandan has been arrested by Rwandan security operatives for aiding smugglers. Edward Kabagambe, a resident of Mayengo village in Kiniogo ward, Katuna town council was arrested on Friday night at around 9:00 pm in Mukatokye village, Gicumbi district in Rwanda. Elly Maate, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The People Power leader and President of the National Unity Platform Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has described President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s comments about the incident in August, 2018 as vindication for all crimes committed against him and his associates by members of the security forces. …

  📌318 new cases 🔺 Amuru Prisons- 154 (153 inmates, 1 prison staff) 🔺 136 contacts and alerts ✳ 65 Kampala ✳ 14 Kiryandongo ✳ 9 Gulu ✳ 9 Mbarara ✳ 8 Kitgum ✳ 8 Arua ✳ 7 Wakiso ✳ 4 Mbale ✳ 4 Buikwe ✳ 2 Masaka ✳ 1 Bugiri, Jinja, Luweero, Manafwa, Masindi, Mityan 🔺 8 truck drivers 🔺 20 health workers Kampala, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The chairperson of the Legal and parliamentary affairs committee of parliament Jacob Oboth Oboth says Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo possesses the qualities that will enable him to excel in the office of chief justice. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday appointed Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been listed among the first seven countries that will benefit from the roll out of the vaginal ring used in prevention against HIV, the International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) has revealed. IPM’s external relations director Dr. Leonard Solai told journalists that other …