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Nakaseke,  Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 50 health workers at Nakaseke hospital are on the verge of being evicted from staff quarters due to poor hygiene. Government with support from World Bank injected about Shillings 17.6 billion in the renovation of Nakaseke hospital. The construction work included the renovation of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the regulator of the communications industry has welcomed as a step in the right direction, a partnership that will see MTN-Uganda merge services with Africell. Africell and MTN announced a partnership last week that would see Africell customers use MTN …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has asked the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate the whereabouts of the seal of the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board. This follows a dispute between the Finance Minister Matia Kasaija, and former Custodian Board Secretary Bernard Tumwesigire, who presented a custodian board …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago national referral hospital is considering new rates to be charged for critical care services. According to David Nuwamanya, the facility’s principal administrator, the 1 million shillings, currently charged per week is no longer enough to cater for the requirements for patients to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of South Sudan refugees in Lamwo District has hit 53,000, following a recent influx recorded in Palabek Kal, Palabek Gem and Palabek Ogili settlements. The number stood at 49,716 refugees as of July 31, 2019, according to reports by the Office of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief of Defense Forces General David Muhoozi has ordered for a special probe into allegations of brutality by Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF soldiers against fishermen operating on Lake Kyoga. The UPDF Marine unit under the command of Lt. Col Moses Nuwagaba is currently involved …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala has been listed among cities with unaffordable, undrinkable and extreme water stress for their population. This is according to a report released today by the World Resources Institute, an American global research organization. The report indicates that the crisis has been largely ignored by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four newly created sub counties in Lira district are yet to start operating following a directive from the Finance, Planning and Economics Development Ministry. They are Itek that was curved from Bar sub county, Awio-Odyek curved from Amach sub county, Iwal curved from Ngetta …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Handwriting experts in the police forensic directorate are analyzing the purported suicide note left by Indian national, Vikrant Sangir who is said to have committed suicide at Fairway hotel last Friday. Sangir’s lifeless body was found hanging on a rope in room 2204 at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seven monumental sausage trees planted by the Holy Father Pope Francis during his 2015 papal visit to Uganda are flourishing, four years later. The trees were planted in various places in Kampala Diocese to represent the letters to the Seven Churches in the Biblical …