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Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Due to disruptions caused by COVID-19 lockdown, Centenary Bank top officials have announced the removal of charges for account to mobile wallet transfers for any amount using its CenteMobile platform. Officials said on April 15 that customers can also withdraw Shs 50,000 at CenteAgent locations and …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto district is seeking support to rehabilitate 43 boreholes in order to ensure clean water access in rural communities. The plan is aimed at improving the practice of hand-washing as a measure to slow down the spread of COVID-19. The breakdown of the boreholes …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has said the 10 billion Shillings allocated to the institution for COVID-19 interventions will not go to individual Members of Parliament but for the oversight work by the taskforce. Parliament allocated itself 10 billion Shillings part of the over 300 billion Shillings supplementary …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has resolved to exempt the Islamic Development Bank and a number of agricultural implements from taxes. Parliament resolved this on Wednesday during debate on the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The Legislators scrapped VAT on combine harvester, agricultural trailers, tractor mounted Hay mowers, …

Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The six ambulances that were donated to Arua district by the Woman MP Moureen Osoru have no drivers, the district LC 5 Vice chairman Boniface Alioni has revealed.  Alioni was clarifying to why the district failed to send an ambulance to pick the a patient …

Kikube, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Security personnel guarding the closed Uganda-DR Congo border in Kikuube district are on the spot for allegedly aiding the illegal entry of Congolese businessmen into Uganda.    Teams comprising Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers and Uganda Police Force were recently deployed to guard the closed Border …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The High Court Civil Division has fined Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Shillings 150 million for contempt of court orders. The ruling stems from an application filed by Bin It Services accusing KCCA and it Executive director of defying an order issued by the same court …

 Katakwi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  There is a reported increase of cattle thefts in Katakwi district because of the ongoing lock down announced by President, Yoweri Museveni to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Statistics from the district security team show that 67 cattle have been stolen from Katakwi within the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The World Health Organisation is reviewing the impact of a decision by the United States of America, to withdraw funding to the UN health agency, pending a review of how it responded to the initial outbreak of Coronavirus Disease in China. Describing the decision as …

Gulu, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | A truck driver, who was heading to South Sudan and was confirmed to be COVID-19 positive, has been transferred to Kampala from Kamdini.   Ministry of Health officials picked him from Kamdini, and decided to take him to Kampala and not near by Gulu Regional Referral Hospital …