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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has given 146 million shillings to Kagadi district for Ebola preparedness activities. The activities include coordinating the preparedness activities, strengthening surveillance, capacity building in contact tracing, laboratory diagnostics, Infection Prevention, and Control, clinical management of patients including psycho-social care. Other activities …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice, Bart Katureebe has flown to South Africa for cataract surgery. Sources in the judiciary indicate that Justice Katureebe left the country on Monday around 2:30pm aboard Fly Emirates. He was accompanied by his wife Bernadette Katureebe and personal assistant, Aloysius Natwijuka who …

Why brokerage firms must diversify investments to cope with emerging stock market trends Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Once upon a time, being a stockbroker was comfortable, genteel and lucrative, according to Andre Cappon, the chief executive officer, CBM Group, a management consultant firm specialising in financial services based …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cathy Agaba, the missing doctor of International Hospital Kampala-IHK has been found dead. Agaba’s body was retrieved this afternoon from a septic tank at her rented premises in Muyenga, in Kampala. The Deputy Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, says Agaba’s body was recovered following …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan police on Monday detained Bobi Wine, a pop star turned MP who became a high-profile government critic, after shutting down one of his concerts and firing tear gas at his fans. The local music sensation, a potential challenger to veteran President Yoweri Museveni, was pulled …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stress and excessively-long working hours contribute to the deaths of nearly 2.8 million workers every year, while an additional 374 million people get injured or fall ill because of their jobs. This is according to a report released by the International Labour Organisation-ILO. According …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Transport fares from Kampala to various upcountry stations have remained the same this Easter season. Managers at the different bus terminals in Kampala said that they had not increased transport fares because of few passengers travelling upcountry. The Operations Manager of KK Travellers Kamba …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A US-based Ugandan doctor  is being held at Kabalagala Police Station in Kampala, in relation to the disappearance of Dr. Cathy Agaba, of International Hospital Kampala-IHK. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, confirmed that a US-based doctor whose name he declined to reveal, is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Exodus Savings and Credit Cooperative organisation (Sacco) has established a banking hall to ease the process for police officers seeking to access their funds. The decision follows spates of chaos at the police headquarters Exodus Sacco offices arising out of lengthy queues and the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government does not have money to compensate over 300 displaced residents in Apaa. The communities of Amuru and Adjumani have in the past been disputing over land in Apaa. The government says the land which is estimated to be 40 square is part of East …