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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Arua city is demanding compensation of 50 Million Shillings after being injured by a teargas canister. Darius Muguma, 24 years, a welder in Arua city says he was injured by a teargas canister fired by police officers dispersing a procession by presidential …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than half of the mothers who deliver their children in some private hospitals do so by undergoing a cesarean section, according to Annual Health Sector Performance Review released by the health ministry today. According to the report, 51 percent of all expectant mothers at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through Uganda Military Engineering College-UMEC has introduced a course unit of skilling and training soldiers to make railway sleepers to support in the construction of the standard-gauge railway. The unit is taught as part of the Civil and Electrical engineering courses at UMEC …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is struggling to track recovered COVID-19 patients under the home-care treatment program. While the health ministry has records of COVID-19 patients admitted within the public and private healthcare system, it has very little or no information on the patients seeking treatment …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde on Tuesday held talks with Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom officials. Tumukunde was hosted by the Kingdom Prime Minister Andrew Byakutaga at the Kingdom palace. He tasked the institution to rally its subjects to denounce politics based on tribalism. According to Tumukunde, the people …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has started relocating the marabou storks and egrets from the precincts of Parliament. This follows concern from Members of Parliament that the birds have become a nuisance and could spread zoonotic diseases. The move follows a plea by State Minister for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Candidates in Bududa district are riding on the unfulfilled pledges by the incumbent leaders to garner support from the electorate. The candidates who include Isaac Modoi and Esther Wetsetse, vying for the Lutseshe County and Bududa Woman MP seat respectively have taken advantage of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP has accused police and other security agencies for the continued arrests of their supporters in the country on accusation of being involved in protests last week. Since last week’s protests around some towns, security personnel have been carrying out operations and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) has credited the Ministry of Education for the guidance it made to schools asking them to take on the teenage girls that were made pregnant during the lockdown saying that this has seen the number of girl candidates increase …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi has pledged to establish cocoa processing factories in Bundibugyo district. According to statistics from the district commercial office, more than 85% of the population in Bundibugyo is directly dependent on cocoa. The crop also fetches …