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Kitgum, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Expectant mothers are stranded at Loborom health centre III in Labongo Layamo sub-county, Kitgum district after the roof of the maternity wing was blown off by violent winds. The wind came as part of a heavy downpour that devastated the area on Sunday evening.  Collins …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kawempe Regional Referral Hospital is recording an increase in the number of women with baby-less pregnancies. Also known as molar pregnancy, the condition represents an abnormality of the placenta caused by genetic errors in cell multiplication during the fertilization process. As a result, it leads …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Police Force has advised the general public to be more vigilant while in places that are not covered by CCTV security cameras within the Kampala Metropolitan area.  The call came as police listed places where CCTV camera’s remain non functional, some of which have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has appointed Simon Kaboggoza as the new Chief Executive Officer of Buganda Land Board, a company that manages as the kingdom land. Kaboggoza replaces David Kyewalabye Male who in February last year was appointed as Minister in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The inability of candidates to read and comprehend questions in national exams is a result of poor teaching methods used in many schools according to some teachers. While releasing the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education-UACE results last week, Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB highlighted poor comprehension …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government officials are at the centre of grabbing public land across the country. This is according to the chairperson of the Uganda Land Commission, Beatrice Byenkya Nyakaisiki. Speaking to reporters at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Byenkya who has been in the position since …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority will start using drones to monitor remote routes that have been used by smugglers to bring goods into the country without paying tax. The project which will see the tax body receive at least 500 million Shillings in the next budget, will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered Traffic police to conduct separate investigations into the accident that claimed the life of Ritah Nabukenya, a member of the People Power political pressure group. Nabukenya succumbed to injuries sustained in an accident in Nakawa …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC wants government to explain the violence directed at opposition politicians if they are to sit and discuss under the Interparty Organization for Dialogue – IPOD. The FDC party spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda told journalists during the weekly press briefing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 500 women exposed to Sexual Gender Based Violence-SGBV have been able to receive help through SafePal, an application that allows victims to report their dilemma confidentially. SafePal has been able to close the gap on the many Sexual Gender Based Violence related cases that …