Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has said that it does not have enough stocks for Ebola hemorrhagic fever vaccines. Uganda embarked on vaccinating its front line and health workers in November last year. By March, over 4,000 personnel from high-risk districts had been immunized during an …
Read More »Gov’t to construct innovation institute in memory of Ignatius Musaazi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An innovation institute in memory of the Founding Father of Uganda’s Independence Movement, Ignatius Kangave Musaazi is in the offing. Musaazi, one of the only two national heroes buried at Kololo Independence Grounds alongside former President Kironde Lule, is remembered as the founder of the …
Read More »Rwenzururu Kingdom launches one million tree planting campaign
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rwenzururu Kingdom is rallying its subjects to embrace tree planting as one of the ways to solve the various climatic challenges in the Rwenzori region. The area has suffered extreme weather conditions ranging from drought, storm winds and floods. Kasese suffered devastating floods in …
Read More »CECAFA U-20 Challenge Cup: Somali Supporters Turn Chaotic After 3-0 Loss To South Sudan
Njeru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Somali fans turned chaotic after their team lost 3-0 to South Sudan in a Cecafa U-20 Challenge Cup Group C match played at the Njeru based FUFA technical center on Wednesday. The fans shouted at the players and insulted them after the game faulting them …
Read More »Katikiro courts Commonwealth delegates to invest in Buganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom has courted delegates of the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) to invest in different projects in the Kingdom. Led by the Speaker of Johor State in Malaysia, Suhaizan Bin Kaiat, a section of Commonwealth delegates from Canada, Pakistan, Fiji, India, Gambia, Australia and …
Read More »Impasse on Ugandan oil short lived – Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that he is in touch with the executives of oil companies and will meet them soon to discuss the current impasse in the sector. Museveni, who was speaking at the 5th Oil and Gas Summit at Serena Hotel in Kampala …
Read More »High Court blocks KCCA job interviews
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has blocked the scheduled interviews for Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. The Assistant Court Registrar for Civil Division of High Court Joy Kabagye issued an interim order blocking the interviews that were supposed to be held on September, 30th. The order was granted following …
Read More »Hoima DPC transferred hours to local parliamentary polls
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima District Police Commander Christopher Katumba Kiggundu has been transferred, a few hours to the Hoima district Parliamentary election scheduled for Thursday. According to the transfer message released today, Kiggundu moves from Hoima to the Environmental Protection Police Unit –EPPU. He has been …
Read More »FDC petitions against military deployment in Hoima
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has lodged a complaint against the heavy deployment of military personnel in Hoima district ahead of Thursday’s parliamentary elections. The complaint dated Wednesday, September 25, 2019, was authored by FDC Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi and addressed to the …
Read More »Unmanned borders still challenge Ebola screening efforts- IOM
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The existence of informal and unmanned entry points between the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and several other countries, is a hindrance to all efforts to tame the deadly Ebola virus, according to health and immigration officials from the two countries. They observe that …
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