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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The planned water spillage from the Nalubaale and Kiira will not affect residents and other activities downstream. The Directorate of Water Resources Development which is charged with the regulation of water resources confirmed that power generator, Eskom Uganda has been allowed to spill excess water …

Lamwo, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Security personnel have shot and killed a stray Hyena that was on the loose in Padibe East Sub County, Lamwo district. The adult male hyena was shot on Friday in Katum East village, a short distance from a kraal where nine calves were killed by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic along roads leading to St. Paul’s Cathedral Namirembe will be diverted on Sunday March 1 during the enthronement of the 9th Archbishop of the Church of Uganda. Kampala Metropolitan Police Traffic Commander Norman Musinga says that there will be diversion at Balintuma road, Apollo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is set to resume Ebola screening activities in Buliisa district. The screening had been halted since October last year, when more than 100 health workers deployed to manage the centres abandoned the duty stations. At the time of the move, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Commission has extended 10 million euros ( 41billion Shillings) to East Africa to help in the control of the desert locusts outbreaks in the region. The EU said in a statement that the outbreak could have devastating consequences on food security in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB has introduced an electronic data transfer system to enhance the accuracy of capturing candidate’s marks. The new system was introduced during the marking of the just released Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education-UACE examination results. Unlike in the past where candidates’ marks …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is setting up screening centres at Namirembe Cathedral as a precautionary measure against COVID 19- coronavirus, ahead of the enthronement of the Most Rev Dr Samuel Stephen Kazimba Mugalu as the 9th Archbishop of the Church of Uganda. The event is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Presidential Elections Amendment Bill, 2019. The new law seeks to among others amend the Presidential Elections Act, 2005, prescribe the period for holding presidential elections and the time for campaigns and provide for the electronic transmission of results. It also aims …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries under the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) has handed over tractors to groups in Mbale to boost commercial farming. The groups that received the tractors include; Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU), Namabasa Community Farmers Group …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A quarter of Ugandan adults suffer from hypertension most especially people from 40 years of age onwards. This is part of the findings of a study conducted across the country by the Uganda Medical Association. The study indicates that between 27 up to 32% adults …