✳ Uganda rabies cases in 2020 ● Total cases reported 13,392 (average 99 cases per week) ● Total deaths 266. ✳ Select district figures Kampala -763 Moroto -487 Masindi -415 Ntungamo -442 Mbarara -464 Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo will host this year’s World Rabies Day celebrations on September …
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Vienna, Austria | Xinhua | The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, on Wednesday announced a slight production boost in September despite calls for speedier increases to rein in high crude prices. The oil alliance decided to increase production by 100,000 barrels …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has declined the re-designation of Martin Ojara Mapenduzi by the Opposition, as chairperson of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee-PAC Local Government. On Tuesday, Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament reshuffled some members of the Shadow Cabinet including the …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) has appealed for 123.7 million U.S. dollars to respond to the urgent health needs of millions of people in the greater Horn of Africa facing an acute food crisis until December. The funds will go toward urgent measures to protect lives, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The hearing of a case in which Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya is accused of inciting violence has failed to kick off after the prison authorities failed to produce him before the magistrate’s court as planned. Ssegirinya was expected before Grade One Magistrate Siena …
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Montreal, Canada | Xinhua | World health experts have vowed to act with courage to end AIDS at the just-concluded 24th International AIDS Conference. The five-day conference, known as AIDS 2022, brought together scientists, clinicians, community leaders, advocates, people with lived experience of HIV, health providers, decision-makers and others from around …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Musenga, the Manager of Kisoro Tourist Hotel has been found dead. Musenga’s body was discovered in one of the toilets of the hotel on Wednesday at 9:00 am. The hotel belongs to King Ceaser Mulenga of Mulenga Kingdom who is also a Vietnam Consular in …
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Beijing, China | Xinhua | Overseas scholars and officials strongly rebuked U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on Tuesday, saying that the move severely undermines China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, seriously threatens peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and gravely violates international law and basic norms …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has pledged to have Cabinet reconsider an earlier Parliament resolution on increment of remuneration for Village Health Teams (VHT). Nabbanja’s pledge followed a motion moved by Buhaguzi County Member of Parliament, Stephen Aseera on Tuesday 02 August 2022 during the plenary …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have blocked Gulu city, Bardege-Layibi division authorities from allocating market space to vendors evicted from the streets. The division authorities led by the Mayor Patrick Oola Lumumba had asked the evicted vendors to converge at an open space along Walter Opwonya road on Tuesday to …
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