Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Lamogi Sub-County Village Health Teams – VHT have petitioned the Amuru Resident District Commissioner Geoffrey Osborn Oceng over irregularities in payments for the ongoing COVID-19 home-based care training. The district health department rolled out training of 29 VHTs in home-based care for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 10th Parliament that complated their mandate last week passed and enacted 118 bills, approved 75 loan requests, made 47 resolutions to pay tribute and considered 349 Ministerial statements. Parliament led by Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga and Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanya also considered 653 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Working for more than 55 hours a week or eleven hours a day for five days is leading to death, according to a global report published by the World Health Organisation. Figures from the report of a study conducted between 2000-2016 show working 55 or more …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The administration of oath for members-elect of the eleventh parliament has kicked off this morning at the Parliamentary buildings in Kampala. The process, scheduled to end on Thursday, May 20, will see parliament welcome the highest number of legislators having moved from 426 to 529 in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lack of harmonized messages has triggered controversy among communities that are awaiting compensation from the East African Crude Oil Pipeline-EACOP project in the affected districts of the greater Masaka sub-region. Lwengo, Sembabule, Kyotera, and Rakai districts are part of the ten districts through which …
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Madrid, Spain | XINHUA | FC Barcelona’s German international goalkeeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen will miss the European Championships this summer because of a knee injury. The FC Barcelona website on Monday confirmed Ter Stegen will “undergo a therapeutic procedure on the patellar tendon in his right knee on Thursday …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The new Hoima City Mayor, Brian Kaboyo has called for team work for them to succeed in uplifting the City. Kaboyo was last Friday sworn in as the First Mayor of Hoima City in a function that was presided over by David Sayuni, the Hoima …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first board of directors of Kiira Motors, KMC has been inaugurated. KMC was the first and so far, the only electric vehicle producing company in Uganda and the continent of Africa. The automotive industry and Kiira Motors, in particular, has been set among the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) has cleared Uganda Premier League (UPL) teams to use their Junior League players for the rest of the remaining League games. The development comes after requests from different clubs asking FUFA for permission to use some of their …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese Municipality Councillors have asked the government to give a special grant to the district a year after it was ravaged by floods. The councillors say several revenue sources that included open markets near river Nyamwamba, Kilembe mines factory among other avenues were destroyed by last …
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