Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has paid tribute to the former Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli describing him as a dedicated servant of Tanzania, East Africa and Africa. Magufuli 61 died on Wednesday at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. His death was announced by the then Vice President …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new United States-led study has found the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine effective both at preventing symptomatic coronavirus and severe illness. The results of the study involving over 32,499 participants across all age groups in the US, Chile and Peru has found the drug to offer …
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Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | New oil palm out growers who are just being introduced to the sector in Buvuma district are already discouraged as the lead investor has not helped or shown them how to prepare the ground where to planting the seedlings.However the nucleus estate to be used …
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Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa |The second Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2021) is now set to take place from Dec 8-14, 2021, it has been confirmed. The African Export-Import Bank, the African Union and the Rwanda government decided to shift the date of the continental trade fair, which was previously scheduled …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University Laboratory has tested over 600 samples of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) since being accredited by the Ministry of Health and Uganda Virus Research Institute – UVRI in January. The samples were tested from February 22 to March 18 and drawn from neighbouring districts of …
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Mutukula, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Adherence to the Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs against Coronavirus Disease- Covid-19 has improved among populations at the Uganda-Tanzania border point of Mutukula in Kyotera district. The Ministry of Health on recommendations of the World Health Organization-WHO issued a list of approved SOPs that were found …
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Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A sitting member of parliament who is also freshly re-elected allegedly borrowed five million shillings for throwing a celebration bash five years ago. Earlier, he had allegedly borrowed 13 million Shillings to campaign . Five years later, the honourable member has not yet paid his …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mukono Grade I Magistrate Thaddeus Muinda has remanded the National Resistance Movement administrator for Mukono district on charges of theft. Sseruga Lubega was arrested on Tuesday evening by Mukono police crime investigations department after the NRM National Task Force accused him of embezzling 27 …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools in Gulu City especially are struggling to enforce strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) against Coronavirus Disease – COVID-19, two weeks after they resumed operations. There are at least 200 education institutions of learning in Gulu. The Ministry of Education allowed the phased opening of …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two students of St Joseph`s College Layibi School in Gulu City have been killed and another critically injured in a suspected robbery at a neighboring school. The deceased students have been identified as Brian Rubangakene and Emmanuel Okeny while the injured is Kenneth Rubangakene. According …
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