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Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Busia district has arrested a crime preventer for allegedly smuggling people through porous routes into Uganda. The suspect Fred Mangoli, a resident of Mugungu village in Eastern Division, Busia Municipality is alleged to have aided people to enter into the country from Kenya. …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A group of youths under their umbrella the Economic Youth Empowerment in Bugokho-Mutoto Sub County in Mbale district have embarked on the construction of TP taps for communities to promote handwashing as part of the preventive measures against the COVID-19 pandemic. The group targets to …

Nakaseke, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Authorities in Nakaseke are struggling to pool vehicles to help the surveillance team to respond to management of COVID 19. Last month, President Yoweri Museveni directed that all government vehicles at the district be surrendered to a pool to be overseen by the district health …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The faculty of medicine at Gulu University is seeking Shillings 2.5 billion from government to commence diagnosis; epidemiological surveillance and monitoring of Coronavirus-COVID-19 cases.  The University has a state-of-the art Biosciences Research Laboratories with 18 workrooms including seven specialised laboratories designed for detection and containment …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Mbale District COVID-19 taskforce has temporarily closed Mbale Central Market over non-compliance to measures that were put in place to control the spread of coronavirus disease COVID-19.  The team that closed the market on Monday evening was led by the Mbale Resident District Commissioner …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliament Appointments Committee has rejected the re-appointment of Dr Johnson Byabashaija as the Commissioner-General of the Uganda Prisons Service on the basis of old age. The same committee also rejected the appointment of James Mwanje, as his deputy, on the same grounds. Both Byabashaija …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new breed of desert locusts has invaded Kumi district, causing destruction to farmers in the area. The insects raided the country for the second time through Amudat district on Saturday and spread to the districts of Nakapiripirit, Nabilatuk and Moroto by Monday morning. In …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has dragged the government to the East African Court of Justice for de-registering his suit. In his petition, Mabirizi states that on March 20th 2020, he filed an application challenging the directive issued on March 18th by President Yoweri Museveni in which among …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Close to 2,000 prisoners could be released in a move to decongest the facilities as one of the control measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The Commissioner-General of the Uganda Prisons Services, Dr. Johnson Byabashaija, says they have written to the Attorney …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda has said Uganda’s economy will only expand by 3-4% this financial year, half the earlier projection of 6% as the impact of coronavirus hits home. In the April 2020 monetary policy statement, BoU Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile noted that this is because …