NEWS

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Immigration officials at Elegu, the Uganda– South Sudan border in Amuru District are on the spot for allegedly clearing six Ugandans into the country. On March 22, Uganda closed her borders with South Sudan to contain the outbreak of the deadly disease in the country. …

Rubirizi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Rubirizi district is short of health workers as most of them are stuck outside the district following the presidential ban on public and private transport. The Rubirizi District Health Officer, Kisesete Tibenda says most health workers are stuck in Mbarara, Ishaka and Bushenyi districts because …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  African Development Bank has approved USD 1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist nine countries in the East and The Horn of Africa on the control of swarms of desert locusts that are threatening livelihoods and food security.   The proposed assistance will be channelled to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen Elly Tumwine, the Minister of Security has clarified that individuals who have been given stickers to drive their cars despite the ban imposed on vehicle movement across the country are not exempted from the dawn to dusk curfew. President Yoweri Museveni on Monday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament has questioned why they have been left out in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The MPs have also asked government for financial support to go to their constituencies and sensitize the public and also be issued with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health registered one new case of COVID-19 today, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 45. The latest case is of a 22-year-old female, a resident of Nkokonjeru, Wakiso district and wife to a previously confirmed case who arrived from Dubai …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man who had completed the 14 day mandatory self-quarantine in Kitgum municipality has been retained after presenting high fever while undergoing screening at Kitgum general hospital. The suspect was reportedly sent into isolation on Wednesday afternoon after his temperature measured 38 degrees celsius …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has told Parliament that she and the Chief Justice Bart Katureebe asked the President to declare a State of Emergency. A state of emergency is a condition of national danger whereby any government suspends normal constitutional procedures to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lack of personal protective equipment for health workers is likely to lead to the spread of infections and deaths. Uganda has so far confirmed 44 cases of COVID-19 as of March 31, 2020. No health worker has yet been infected according to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Defence Unit –LDU personnel have been arrested for allegedly assaulting people while implementing President Museveni’s covid-19 directives. UPDF First Division Spokesperson, Maj Bilal Katamba and UPDF Land Forces spokesperson, Lt Col Henry Obbo declined to give the exact numbers of LDUs who have …