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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers in Moroto district are calling for skills training on the management and control of COVID-19 in order to guarantee their safety while dealing with suspected cases. The Moroto district COVID-19 taskforce gazetted Nadunget health centre III and Nadunget Senior Secondary School as quarantine …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance has been tasked to consider suspending all new tax measures for the coming financial year 2020/2021 to help Ugandans cope with the effects of coronavirus pandemic. The request was made by the Finance Committee of Parliament during an interface with Minister …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State prosecutors have objected to the bail application of jailed former Security Minister, Lt. General Henry Tumukunde. Tumukunde is battling charges of illegal possession of firearms and treason. He was picked up from his offices at Impala Avenue in Kampala on March 13th, 2020. He …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda People’s Defence Forces has come out to deny reports that Maj Gen(Rtd) Kasirye Gwanga has been arrested. Reports had indicated that Kasirye Gwanga was detained at Mbuya, when he returned guards who had been sent to him. According to the UPDF Spokesman Brig …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of people are abandoning urban life and slowly settling into villages as a result of inactivity that came with the COVID-19 lockdown. In Kasese district, the number of settlers is swelling as day by day, more people are arriving after trekking hundreds …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that Africa will not be used as a testing ground for COVID-19 vaccines. His comments come after two French scientists suggested that vaccine trials should take place in Africa because there is a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima district COVID-19 task force has received a consignment of medical supplies worth Shillings 48 million from SBC Uganda Limited, which is undertaking the construction of Hoima International Airport to boost the campaign against the spread of coronavirus. The medical supplies include 5000 pieces …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The increase of coronavirus cases in Uganda has resulted in increased surveillance from within communities, in order to trace contacts and monitor trends of the disease where human to human transmission occurs. This is what has become a full-time job for Moses Muhimbise, a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security in the markets has been beefed up with more than 200 Local Defence Units- LDUs. The deployments have been conducted by the LDU commander, Col Mike Waneiroba who was last week appointed by Chief of Defence Forces –CDF Gen David Muhoozi. Col Waneiroba …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 200 organizations from across the world are calling for a permanent ban on live wildlife markets and the use of wildlife in traditional medicine. Their appeal to the World Health Organisation–WHO highlights that with the suspected COVID-19 link to a wildlife market in …