What can be done about it? Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Health professionals are ethically obliged to attend to someone presenting an emergency, says Dr. Apollo Odeke Epuwatt a Physician at Mulago hospital. But when someone comes to the hospital not presenting an emergency, it is up to the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two registered owners of the disputed land in Wakiso district facing investigations at the Land Commission of Inquiry for selling to government land with encumbrances have refused to refund 7.4 Billion shillings paid to them. They are Paul Bukenya and Engineer Dick Lutaya, both …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Omoro district LCV chairperson, Douglas Peter Okello Okao has been summoned by the Inspectorate of Government over alleged abuse of office. On October 11th, Geoffrey Matovu, the regional inspectorate officer wrote a letter to Okao following complaints from a whistle-blower that Okao received funds …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of policemen in the greater Masaka policing sub-region are undergoing refresher training on crowd management and other policing techniques. The officers drawn from The Field Force and Anti-Riot Police Units in the nine districts of greater Masaka region are converging at Masaka police …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Amolatar district have decried the three-month fishing ban extension by Lake Kyoga Integrated Management Organization- LAKIMO. Leaders under their umbrella body of Lake Kyoga Integrated Management Organization-LAKIMO recently resolved to extend the ban on fishing activities until December. This is to allow …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Ministers from nine countries that border the Democratic Republic of Congo have endorsed a joint framework to strengthen cross-border collaboration on preparedness and response to Ebola virus and other disease outbreaks. The ministers observed that the countries shared a threat that the outbreak …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nwoya district education authorities are struggling to persuade parents to embrace school feeding programme, four years since the initiative was introduced. The Government through the Ministry of Education and Sports recognized that feeding is essential for keeping a child in school, reduce absenteeism, improve …
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He has won the Nobel Peace Prize but not everyone is excited NEWS ANALYSISI | THE INDEPENDENT | Since he became Prime Minister in April 2018, Abiy Ahmed has brought a breeze of happy air to Ethiopia and the Horn of East Africa region. Under him, most Ethiopians started to …
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Beijing, China | AFP | Social media app TikTok has taken down accounts that were posting propaganda videos for the Islamic State group, a company employee said Tuesday, in the latest scandal to hit the popular platform. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, claimed some 500 million users globally …
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Tokyo, Japan | AFP | All Blacks coach Steve Hansen is predicting a “mighty clash” in this weekend’s heavyweight World Cup semi-final with England, but insisted they were not New Zealand’s biggest rugby rivals. The treble-chasing All Blacks have won their last six meetings against England dating back to 2013 and …
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