Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 21 staff at the Ministry of Finance and six from Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) have tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) as the cases grow among different private and public agencies. Finance staff under-went mandatory COVID-19 test on August 19. Test results, …

  . Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | The new COVID-19  treatment facility at Namboole Stadium is expected to open next week. Dr Charles Olaro, the Director of Clinical Services in the Ministry of Health has told URN that the 1200 bed capacity facility has been finalised. Olaro says  that the …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Isingiro has chopped his two children to death and attempted to kill their mother before taking his own life by poisoning. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson, says Celestino Byamukama, a resident of Rwengando cell Nyarubanga parish in Masha Sub …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gunfire rocked Mbarara City on Sunday afternoon as employees of Barya Stint Hardware rose up in protest against the attachment of Barya Building along Akiiki Nyabongo Road by Orient bank. Led by the sons of Apollo Muhumuza Barya, the Proprietor Barya Building, the employees …

56 Arrested in Kampala Sunday Night Operations Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 56 people were arrested in parts of Kampala during operations against person violators of COVID-19 guidelines last night. Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police Spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire said 49 of these were arrested from Nomads Bar in Kabalagala. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has upheld the 20-year jail term given to Jacqueline Uwera Nsenga for the murder of her late husband, Juvenal Nsenga in a disguised vehicle accident. Justices Afonse Owiny-Dollo, Elizabeth Musoke and Cheborion Barishaki upheld the sentence in their verdict delivered on …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people suspected to have contracted anthrax in Rubirizi district have died, triggering panic among residents on four landing sites on Lake Edward. The deceased have been identified as Wilson Nuwagaba, John Patrick Kagwa and Allen Twongyeirwe, all residents of Kisenyi in Katuguru Sub …

Washington, US | XINHUA |  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) on Sunday for investigational convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients. It is part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to fight COVID-19. Based on scientific evidence available, the FDA …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The race to get ‘contacts’ has started at Naguru Police headquarters after the Chief Political Commissar of Police, AIGP Asan Kasingye has tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). AIGP Kasingye confirmed on Sunday afternoon through a tweet that he had tested positive for the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man claiming to be the designer of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party logo is seeking Sh3 billion for his effort. In his letter to the NRM Party Chairperson Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the Secretary General Justine Kasule Lumumba, John Agira Ruhanga says …