NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng has come out to reassure the nation that social media stories that there have been fatalities during the National Measles-Rubella and Polio Immunization campaign, are false. “The MR vaccine is safe and effective and does not have any fatal …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Godfrey Kayemba Afaayo, the Masaka municipality mayor and John Bahengana, the town clerk have disagreed on a proposal to evict food vendors off the streets of the town. Bahengana is accusing the vendors of overcrowding the street walkaways, making the town filthy in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has appointed a team of five officials to temporarily manage Wandegeya market. They are Tonny Kawagga, James Byaruhanga, Abdul Anguyo, Esther Kasujja and Henry Bukenya who is the markets manager of KCCA. The team was taken from the Directorate of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The plight of sanitation workers in the developing world should be addressed urgently, the World Health Organisation has said ahead of World Toilet Day next Tuesday. The Health agency observed that the rights, health and dignity of people who clean toilets, sewers and septic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Uganda Revenue Authority has announced a 14-day grace period for companies and individuals who have submitted fictitious returns to come forward and rectify or they are prosecuted. The grace period runs from November 14, 2019, to December 3, 2019. This comes after URA noticed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | More than 300 charcoal dealers have been evicted from Palaro sub –county in Gulu district. The one-week operation was headed by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces –UPDF of the fourth division barracks, with assistance from the police and the local leaders. Last month, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A technique that sterilizes male mosquitoes using radiation will soon be tested as part of global health efforts to control diseases such as chikungunya, dengue, and zika. Known as the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), the process involves rearing large quantities of sterilized male mosquitoes …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Government has said that the power outage in Gulu will be resolved next month when Aswa dam starts operations. Gulu district has been experiencing major power outages since 2012 with blackouts recorded daily, which has affected several businesses The Aswa hydroelectric power station is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Petroleum Authority of Uganda has tipped 200 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to tap the numerous business opportunities available in the oil and gas sector at the midstream stage. The enterprises specializing in construction, engineering and ICT were told to position themselves to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Members of Parliament have expressed disappointment over the failure to resolve the Uganda-Rwanda tensions. During plenary on Thursday, Maganda Julius Wandera, the Minister of State for East African Community Affairs who was presenting a statement on the 20 years of East African Integration was overruled …