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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Kitgum General hospital, one of the government health facilities in Kitgum district continues to register high numbers of patients testing positive to Tuberculosis [TB], a highly contagious lung disease. Dr Rosemary Auma, the in-charge of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis unit says so far 155 patients …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi will Saturday November 9, 2019 preside over the 1st Uganda – DRC Business Forum, in what will be the highlight of his three-day state visit. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) president is expected in the country in time for the forum …

  Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nearly 500 years after the descendants of Adhola and Owiny separated in present day Tororo in Uganda, their descendants on Thursday November 7, 2019 signed a pact confirming their blood relationship, and agreed to reunite and work together. There was a brief cultural …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Lands, Housing and Urban Development Ministry collected shillings 100 billion from land registration fees in the 2018/19 last financial year. This is an increase of over shillings 70 billion from shillings 12 billion collected in the 2012/2013 financial year. The enhanced revenue collection …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Rwenzururu King Charles Wesley Mumbere has rallied his subjects both in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to embrace the fight against the Ebola. Ebola which is a severe illness with up to 90 percent fatality rate is also one of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The proposed National Health Insurance scheme has generated mixed from members of the public in Mbale. The National Health Insurance Scheme Bill 2019 has an ultimate goal of introducing Universal health care to improve health outcomes and expand access to essential health care services for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Uganda National Roads Authority – UNRA is impressed by the ongoing construction works on the critical oil roads in the Albertine graben. Eng. Christopher Manyindo, the Head of road development at Uganda National Roads Authority while monitoring the construction works on Wednesday evening with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Organisers of the third annual Acholi cultural festival are struggling to raise funds for the event. The Acholi cultural institution selected Kitgum district to host this year’s festival scheduled for December 12-14th under the theme “My heritage, my strength”. With just a month left …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Treating livestock with human medicine is now known to increase resistance to antibiotics faster than expected in Uganda, medics have warned. Medical and environmental health practitioners say the practice is tipping the scale of resistance towards epidemic proportions in the near future unless stopped, slowed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Only 19% of the population have the appropriate recommended pit latrines. This is according to the Ministry of Health. According to World Health Organisation- WHO, a safe toilet or latrine is that whose design, construction, management and use is arranged so that users are …