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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Media experts have cautioned journalists against seeking relief aid or any kind of financial support or handouts to avoid undermining the principle of independence in the execution of their duties. The caution comes moments after the Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) announced that it had …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Drug Authority (NDA) is currently receiving research proposals towards the development of medicine for treating the coronavirus–COVID 19. The NDA Public Relations Officer, Fredrick Ssekyana told Uganda Radio Network in an interview on Monday afternoon that they started receiving documents on Friday …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Finance Committee has endorsed a government proposal to exempt excise duty on raw materials used in the manufacture of sanitary pads. According to the committee, the exemption is meant to reduce the cost of sanitary pads and offer relief to girls especially those in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Wakiso District Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Rose Kirabira Nalongo has advised Ugandans living in urban areas to start walking back to their villages if they cannot sustain their families other than waiting for food from government. She says that it will not be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gender, Labor and Social Development Ministry failed in its statutory duty when it failed to provide assistance to migrant laborers leaving the country and protect them from human trafficking according to a High Court judgment. Justice Musa Ssekaana delivered the judgment stemming from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake has been arrested on allegations of defying a ban on distribution of relief food to individuals. President Yoweri Museveni had earlier on advised that all relief supplies should be channeled through the National COVID-19 taskforce, to avoid exposing people …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan health specialists have downplayed fears that the African continent will be wiped out by coronavirus –COVID-19. They say that a number of countries, Uganda inclusive have already put in place enough mechanisms to reverse the havoc that the deadly virus would wreck on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police is set to release all impounded motorcycles across the country following a directive by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday while addressing the country. Prompted by Amelia Kyambadde, the Minister in charge of Trade and Industry, the President said he had given amnesty to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division has quashed an application in which Jinja Municipality sought to compel Eaton Towers Uganda which runs telecommunication masts to pay trading license fees worth more than Shillings 89 million. In his judgment delivered on Friday, Justice Musa Ssekaana declared …

    Entebbe, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | A security gate and wall fence at Ssese Gate Way Beach Hotel has collapsed, delaying construction of a Shs35b project to boost tourism in Entebbe. The property in question is owned by property mogul and businessman, Sudhir Ruparelia who clarified that investigations were …