Tag Archives: COVID19

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Contributors to the National Social Security Fund now have more channels through, which to access its services following the launch of the agency system.  NSSF, which has 17 branches across the country has set up temporary outreach centers in an attempt to attract more contributors. …

Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The COVID19 pandemic has delayed the completion of Busia Modern Market.  The Shillings 24 billion market construction that is being undertaken by Zhanghao-Zhongeng joint ventures  was expected to be completed by April 30th, 2020.     However, the project Engineer Enoch Luwabo says construction work …

Cape Town, South Africa | Xinhua | South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and his wife tested positive for COVID-19, his office said in a statement late on Sunday. “I am now in quarantine at home and both my wife and I remain optimistic that we will fully recover from …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The U-17 Women national football team is upbeat about their forthcoming U17 Women’s World Cup qualifying match with Cameroon.  The team entered residential training at IUIU Female campus Kabojja on Monday last week but was relocated to Cranes Paradise hotel. Currently, the team conducts …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The National Unity Platform-NUP candidate for Makindye West parliamentary seat, Allan Aloysius Sewanyana is in police custody for staging a procession contrary to the COVID19 preventive guidelines. He was intercepted by officers from the Kampala South Regional Police headquarters at Katwe trading center and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   More Ugandans are washing hands with soap than before. New data from Twaweza’s Sauti za Wananchisurvey says access to hand washing facilities with either water or soap has increased remarkably in most parts of 2020 compared to last last year. The increase ins hand …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The 16-year-old girl who was picked up together with 21 others from a live sex party in Kireka in Kiira Municipality was sold to the organisers by her elder sister, Police Detectives have learnt.   According to police investigators, the teenager was brought from Masaka …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   More than 50 passengers have so far missed their flights for showing up at Entebbe International Airport with invalid COVID19 negative test certificates. All travellers going through the airport are required to present a negative PCR COVID-19 test certificate issued within 120 hours before …

  Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Only fifty of the 240 registered airport taxis will operate each day in the first phase of the reopening of Entebbe International Airport.   The first phase covers October to December 2020, while the second phase ends June 2021.  The move is aimed at …

Bugweri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Eight staff of Bugweri district local government have tested positive for Covid19 following the mandatory testing exercise conducted last week.  The district decided to conduct the mandatory Covid19 testing after a staff attached to the office of the Chief Administrative Office-CAO positive. The eight …