Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Student tour guides on Kazinga Channel in Kasese District are decrying the limited business activities following a ban on study tours due to the covid-19 pandemic. Kazinga Channel and Katwe Landing site are key geographical study destinations for students both in primary, secondary and …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medics at Soroti Medics have said that the surviving Siamese twin has recovered and is out of danger. Last month, the doctors successfully separated a dead conjoined twin from a live sibling. The twins had last been delivered by caesarean section at Amuria Health Centre IV …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is optimistic that Uganda will get the second consignment of COVID-19 vaccines on time despite the shortages experienced globally. Uganda has so far vaccinated 239,617 people out of the 964,000 dozes of vaccines that were received earlier. Although the government had …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was a reduction in the amount of drugs trafficked through Entebbe International Airport and porous border points during the covid-19 lockdown. This is according to Interpol and the anti-narcotics police department. The narcotics department and Interpol recorded 1,714 cases in 2020 compared to 2,750 …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Gulu City have petitioned the electricity distributor UMEME over the inconsistent and inadequate power supply. The petition signed by more than 400 people was on Tuesday handed over to the Resident City Commissioner Nsubuga Bwayo and Doreen Ogenga the UMEME Manager for Gulu …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Tororo district have arrested four primary school headteachers for conducting lessons for lower classes. They were arrested on Tuesday during an operation by the Covid-19 District Task Force. They include Kulusum Ali of Star Light primary and Nursery school, Rose Ofwono, the …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital has opted for a Kangaroo care system for premature babies as the hospital grapples with a lack of enough incubators. Kangaroo care, or skin-to-skin care, is a technique practiced on newborn, usually preterm, infants wherein the infant is held, skin-to-skin, with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As several victims of election violence who went missing in the build-up and aftermath of 2021 General Elections resurface, many of them have remained tight lipped on what they went through at the hands of their abductors. This has drawn concern from human rights defenders, …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) is focusing on attracting leaders with value to secure the country’s future, the party president Major General Mugisha Muntu has revealed. Addressing ANT coordinators and former party candidates in Ankole region Adit Mall in Mbarara city on Tuesday, Muntu said …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has asked Uganda to pay U$322 million for damages caused by its troops during the Congo invasion between 1997 and 2003. This reparation is part of the US$4.3 billion compensation that Congo is demanding from Uganda nearly half of …
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