Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Hundreds of data scientists from around the world will over the course of this month (May) take part in a global competition aimed at creating a computer programme that accurately predicts air quality in Uganda. The challenge dubbed “The AirQo Ugandan Air Quality …
Read More »The number of people displaced by Lake Kyoga reaches 3000
Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 3000 people in Lwampanga sub county in Nakasongola district have been displaced from their homes as a result of flooding from Lake Kyoga because of increased water levels. The affected people are from Kikoyiro, Kibuye, Munami, Zengebe, Kabashombwa,Kitalaganya, Kityoba and Kyebisire villages …
Read More »Buvuma district Covid-19 task force receives boat from area MP
Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buvuma district Covid-19 Task force has received a boat to facilitate the transportation of essential health equipment and serve as an ambulance for referrals cases to the mainland thanks to the Buvuma County Member of Parliament, Robert Migadde. The boat has capacity of carrying …
Read More »Taskforce in Kabale struggles to trace contacts of COVID-19 positive truck driver
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabale district covid-19 task force is struggling to trace the contacts of a truck driver who was intercepted at Uganda-Rwanda border of Chanika last week after testing positive to COVID-19. The truck driver who is currently admitted at Kabale regional referral hospital was intercepted …
Read More »Rising water levels cause flooding in areas near Lake Albert
Ntoroko , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Locals in Kanara sub-county, Ntoroko district are living in panic after rising water levels caused flooding in areas surrounding Lake Albert. The flooding has affected more than 50 families on the southern part of the lake whose houses were submerged. The most affected areas …
Read More »Lock down: Driver turns taxi into mobile food vending stall
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When government suspended public transport as part of the measures against the spread of Corona Virus, taxi operators were left with no option but to pack their vehicles. Thousands of operators were caught off guard without any money to take of their families. Some of …
Read More »NDA warns public as fake HIV test kit circulates on the market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) has raised a red flag about the popular HIV test kit dubbed UNI-Gold HIV kit, warning the public against using it. David Nahamya, the NDA Secretary in a statement on Thursday said that they had been notified by the …
Read More »Professional bodies ask President not to assent to Stamp Duty Amendment Bill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professional bodies are crying foul over the amendment of the Stamp Duty tax. On April 14th, Parliament passed new measures in the Stamp Duty Amendment Bill, 2020. Under the amendment, all professionals will have to pay stamp duty of 100,000 shillings on each of …
Read More »Mbarara district officials awarded UGX 10m for illegal detention
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people who were arrested by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit but never charged within 48-hours have been awarded compensation of 10 million Shillings by the High Court in Kampala. The five include Mbarara Chief Administrative Officer Felix Cuthbert Esoku, Godlive Ayebare and Emmanuel Himbisa, …
Read More »Luweero millers stuck with maize flour as sales dwindle
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several grain millers in Luweero town are stuck with tons of maize flour and animal feeds as sales dwindle in the middle of lockdowns undertaken to contain the spread of coronavirus disease-COVID-19. The sales fell drastically from the time president Yoweri Museveni directed all …
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