FUFA calls off trip to Dubai after flights from Uganda put on red list Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda’s Football Associations (FUFA) has called off the Uganda Cranes’ trip to the United Arab Emirates. The team was slated to travel tomorrow 29th December 2021. This …
Read More »Prolonged closure of Entebbe Hospital irks residents
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The prolonged closure of Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has irked residents. The hospital closed the outpatient, dental, optical, maternal and child care departments in March last year to focus on the management of COVID-19 patients. Before its closure, the hospital served more than a …
Read More »Army to tarmac roads to Entebbe Children’s Surgical Hospital
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF to tarmac the roads leading to the Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe municipality. The roads are impassable during heavy downpours and are dusty during the dry season. He made the directive on Friday while …
Read More »Passengers excited as govt starts ‘Swab and Go’ at Entebbe Airport
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aviation passengers at Entebbe International Airport have welcomed an adjustment that now allows all arriving passengers to leave the airport as soon as they are tested for COVID-19. Uganda commenced mandatory COVID-19 testing for all arriving passengers last Wednesday, a process that requires each …
Read More »IGG Kamya to probe Entebbe municipal public toilet confusion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Government Beti Kamya says her office will start investigations on procurement for renovations and maintenance of public toilets in Entebbe municipality. Kamya made the announcement while officiating at the induction for newly elected municipal and division councilors in the municipality on Thursday. …
Read More »Unvaccinated MV Kalangala staff will risk their jobs
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Entebbe Deputy Resident District Commissioner Njuki Mbabali has advised all staff and operators of public transport services including those of MV Kalangala to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Njuki says service providers such as taxi drivers, conductors, boda boda motorcyclists and crews for …
Read More »Mandatory testing at Entebbe Airport set to start
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has launched the commencement of $30 per person mandatory testing by government for COVID-19 for all incoming passengers at Entebbe International Airport. Since May, private laboratories have been testing un-vaccinated passengers from ten high risk countries such as Kenya, South …
Read More »Tonkosa anti sexual harassment campaign launched
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Activists and local leaders in Entebbe Municipality have launched a campaign against sexual harassment. The campaign, Tonkosa, which means ‘Don’t hurt me’, aims at helping under-aged girls to fight against sexual harassment. In 2020, the Ministry of Education registered more than 100,000 cases of teenage …
Read More »Loopholes in Entebbe testing identified, MOH to look at manifests
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Diana Atwine says that the ministry will compare data of arriving passengers tested at the government laboratory with the passenger manifests provided by airlines to look out for people who skip the mandatory COVID-19 testing …
Read More »Entebbe surgical hospital operates 300 children in 5 months
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Children’s Surgical Hospital in Entebbe municipality, the first of its kind in Uganda, has started bearing fruits less than five months since it opened. Built at a cost of 117 billion shillings, the hospital was built under a public private partnership with the ministry of …
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