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Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Another batch of Ugandans and legal residents returned to the country on Tuesday evening from various European and North African countries aboard Ethiopian Airlines. The airline picked 48 people from Germany and another 48 individuals from various European and North African countries including Egypt. The other returnees were from Austria, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  President Museveni has defended health minister Jane Ruth Aceng saying that the country wrongly crucified her when she got involved in a crowded procession in Lira a few weeks ago. Aceng came under criticism early this month when she appeared to be holding a political …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Makerere University will no longer delete the names of dismissed staff from the payroll with pending appeals before the Staff Appeals Tribunal.  The Makerere University Staff Tribunal Chairperson, retired Justice Patrick Tabaro made the ruling while reviewing an application by Dr. Juma Anthony Okuku and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The People Power Movement will channel their political activities through  a party – the National Unity Party (NUP) that they have merged with. Leader Robert Kyagulanyi ‘Bobi Wine said the National Unity party will be the political wing, of the People Power Movement. The National Unity …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Twenty former inmates from Kitalya prisons in Wakiso district have sued government for compensation. The former inmates were picked up from a house in Kyengera Town Council in Wakiso district towards the end of March this year for flouting Covid-19 preventive guidelines.    The applicants …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  At least two children die at Arua Regional Referral Hospital during every power outage, the Hospital Director Dr. Philbert Nyeko has revealed.    He reveals that two children die in the neonatal ward each time there is a power outage.    West Nile Rural Electrification …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Dr. Stella Nyanzi has officially quit her job at Makerere University as a research fellow to pursue her political ambitions.  The acting Makerere University Human Resource Director, Lawrence Ssanyu announced Dr. Nyanzi’s decision to quit in a July 21st, 2020 letter.  Dr. Nyanzi tendered in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  John Ssimbwa, the former Makindye East Member of Parliament has accused the National Resistance Movement-Party Electoral Commission of trying to frustrate his efforts to challenge President Yoweri Museveni for the position of party chairman. Ssimbwa, who notes that President Museveni has no time for the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has allowed 110 arcades in Kampala to reopen for business after four months of closure. Museveni ordered the closure of several businesses including arcades and salons at the end of March as a means of slowing the spread of the coronavirus disease. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) for boda boda cyclists. This was disclosed by the State Minister for Transport Joy Kabatsi on Tuesday while addressing Parliament. Ministry of Health issued regulations that riders are not supposed to carry passengers since it could …