Ministry in cholera vaccination drive Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is set to roll out an oral cholera vaccination in the disease districts of Hoima, Buliisa, Pakwach, Nebbi, Kasese, Ntoroko, Zombo, Moyo, Busia, Namayingo and Arua. The exercise that is to be conducted in a phased manner …
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Judgment day yet to be set as age limit hearings end Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | On the night of April.19, Deputy Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny – Dollo and other constitutional Court judges Cheborion Barishaki, Remmy Kasule, Kenneth Kakuru and Elizabeth Musoke concluded hearings into the consolidated age limit petitions promising …
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Paris, France | AFP | Since the world’s first successful organ transplant in 1954 — a kidney — the discipline has advanced to the point where a wounded soldier could have his penis and scrotum replaced in a groundbreaking operation last month. A Frenchman recently became the first person to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force in a joint operation with sister security agencies Friday night and Saturday morning shot dead two suspects and rescued 112 in operations conducted at Usafi Mosque in Kisenyi and other locations in and around Kampala. According to police, the raids …
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Kampala, Uganda | PARLIAMENT UG | Government has tabled new proposals to the Tax Bills in a bid to lower the proposed Excise Duty on Over the Top Media Services (OTT) from Sh 200 to Sh100 per day. If carried, those who access and use OTT services, including WhatsApp platforms …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda delegation from the Water and Environment Sector is in St Petersburg, Russia for a five-day business visit that has seen them interact with officials from Vodokanal. The company is responsible for water supply and waste management in St Petersburg. The delegation met the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The special envoy of the UN secretary General for the Great Lakes region Said Djinnit has met Uganda’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem in Kampala on Friday. The two discussed a wide range of issues relating to peace and security within the great …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electricity distributor Umeme has spread its national environmental initiative to Mityana with a tree-planting exercise. Edward Ssebukyu, Commissioner for private schools and institutions in the Ministry of Education, on Friday officiated at the Umeme’s tree planting exercise at Kyankowe Primary School. The fruit and eucalyptus …
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Kampala, Uganda |JOSEPH BAHINGWIRE | Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ-Uganda) has for the second year running named Uganda Police Force as the lead violator of press freedoms in the country. According to HRNJ, many journalists faced human rights violations while in the line of duty at the hands of mainly …
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Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | The Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Uganda, Rosa Malango has said the relatively effective laws, policies and regulations governing the oil and gas sector should be replicated to streamline other sectors in the country. Addressing the 4th Oil and Gas Convention in …
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