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  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), Umeme and Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) have apologized for a power blackout that delayed President Yoweri Musevehi’s speech on COVID-19 today. “We regret the national power blackout occasioned by a huge floating water weed island …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Security Minister Lt. General Henry Tumukunde will have to wait until the end of the current lockdown for the High Court Criminal Division to hear his bail application. Justice Wilson Kwesiga, the Head of the High Court Criminal Division ruled this morning hat …

Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Busia Resident District Commissioner-RDC, Capt. Chris Mike Okiria has ordered the temporal closure of Busia Produce market in Solo Village in Busia Municipality for alleged none compliance with the Covid19 preventive guidelines.         Okiria says that they have observed that many Kenyan …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Countries should confirm that transmission of the Coronavirus disease has been controlled, and ensure that health systems are capable of detecting, testing, isolating and treating every case of COVID-19, as well as tracing every contact, before lifting the current restrictions.   They must also make sure …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two brothers died on Monday evening in Katooke Zone in Nabweru Sub County in Wakiso district when they fell in a soak pit. The deceased brothers are Frank Kavuma and Mark Mulangira. It is alleged that one of the deceased dropped in the soak pit, …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The COVID-19 Taskforce in Teso Sub Region is struggling to re-integrate COVID-19 suspects discharged from the isolation and quarantine centres in Soroti.  By Monday, 10 people had been discharged from the quarantine at Soroti Comprehensive Nursing School and another from the Isolation Unit at Soroti …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Marine Security and surveillance on Lake Edward, on the border side of Kasese District, has been beefed up after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recorded new cases of Ebola in the country’s eastern side.  The first case was a 26-year-old electrician from Beni, a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans are having to put up with slower internet in the coronavirus (COVID-19) lock down as operators face the surge in usage. Several people Uganda Radio Network (URN) spoke to said they had noticed their internet speeds slowdown when one compares the period before the …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday  discharged three patients who have recovered from the coronavirus (COVID-19) from Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital. Uganda has had 54 confirmed cases of which 18 are said to have recovered. Most patients are receiving treatment at Entebbe and Mulago …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Clerk to Parliament Jane Kibirige has summoned Sam Obbo, the Principle Press Secretary to the Speaker of Parliament to explain a message he posted on social media. On April 4th, Obbo forwarded a message to the Parliament Press group and Parliament staff whatsapp group. …