Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed Central Bank Deputy Governor Dr Michael Atingo-Ego will be vetted through teleconferencing following his inability to travel back to Uganda from the United States of America. Dr Atingi-Ego is among the several government appointees who are set to appear before the Appointments …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Assistant Public Relations Officer Gulu University, Khalid Mahmoud is stuck with 3800 kilograms of relief food meant for distribution to more than 100 vulnerable people in Pece Pawel Parish in Pece Division Gulu Municipality. The intended beneficiaries include the elderly, orphans, child headed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint security task team of senior UPDF and UPF officers is investigating the alleged aggravated torture of several women and a few men who were being accused of flouting curfew orders and the ban on public spaces. The incident occurred on the 2nd /4/2020, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | We further inform the public that as we continue to monitor the behavior of the population we have noticed that there are still a few people taking risks by failing to stay at home, violating the ban on public gatherings of not more than 5 people, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The current lockdown has led to a decline in the number of parents taking their children for routine immunisation, the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunisation-UNEPI has revealed. According to UNEPI, although they often record low numbers of children during the routine immunisation, the situation …
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United Nations, United States | AFP | UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged governments to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic. Reports of domestic violence have surged globally in the wake of massive lockdowns imposed to contain the spread of the disease. …
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Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A teenage girl is battling for her life at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital after being shot in the neck in an operation involving Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF and Local Defense Unit personnel in Kapchorwa district. The injured is Sandra Chemutai, a resident of Litei …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA has collected over 70 street children from Kampala city to provide them shelter at Nakivubo Blue Primary School. The KCCA team headed by Kampala Central Division Mayor Charles Sserunjogi was part of the team that collected the children …
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🔹 April 5 – 4 new cases – TOTAL 52 🔸 April 4 – 0 new cases – TOTAL 48 🔹 April 3 – 3 new cases – TOTAL 48 🔸 April 2 – 1 new case – TOTAL 45 🔹 March 31 – 11 new – TOTAL 44 Kampala, …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s directive that restricted use of private and public passenger vehicles has turned into a high-earning opportunity to bicycle mechanics in Masaka district who are now profiteering from the ban. In his address recently President Museveni asked people to stop driving public …
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