Genea, Switzerland | Xinhua | Despite the current uncertainty over the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, people should still get vaccinated because it will save lives, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday. Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead for the WHO’s Health Emergencies Program, said at a WHO press briefing …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons has received three sets of guidelines on how to handle terror suspects. The tools were developed by both the Uganda Prisons Services and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime -UNODC. They are supposed to prevent the spread of violent extremism …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by a police officer to compel a female student at Kyambogo University to remove her veil before accessing the examination room has drawn the attention of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC. On Tuesday, a photo of a police officer compelling a female Muslim …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The murder case of former Makerere University medical student, Desire Mirembe will proceed in Mukono High court without the prime suspect, Mathew Kirabo. Mukono High Court Judge, Henry Kaweesa Isabirye delivered the ruling on Wednesday following an application by State Attorney, Happiness Ainebyona to proceed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered for written submissions in the case in which Chapter Four Uganda is challenging the decision by the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations to suspend its license indefinitely. The court presided over by the Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ahmed Kateregga Musaazi, the Masaka City Deputy Resident Commissioner is under the spotlight for meddling in land cases. Kateregga is accused of ordering the destruction of properties on a disputed piece of land in Kimanya-Kabonera division. Flugencio Kayemba, a resident of Kaseeta cell, Kitanda ward …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has started a study to establish the kind of condoms Ugandans would prefer and easily use, as records show a dwindling number of people using condoms. Vastha Kibirige, the condom coordinator at the AIDS control programme says that they have been …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, has told Parliament that Uganda is able to fulfill its duties and contractual obligations in the US$ 200m Entebbe Airport Agreement between the Government and the Export-Import Bank of China. Kiwanuka was appearing before the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport has unveiled equipment secured from different countries to construct and upgrade three roads in the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. The road equipment including excavators, tractors, rollers, vehicles for monitoring, trucks and containers installed with office, accommodation and health facilities …
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Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Mukitale, the National Resistance Movement-NRM chairperson for Ngwedu sub-county, Buliisa district has been murdered and his body dumped in Masindi town. His body was dumped in Nyabinyira cell, Bigando ward, Masindi municipality on Wednesday morning at around 8:30am by unidentified assailants driving a Premio …
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