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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | As parents continue to stay home with their children during the country’s coronavirus lockdown, schools have taken to social media, television stations and print media to pass on learning materials to learners. Top schools are sending holiday work via Whatsapp groups for parents to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another truck driver tested positive for COVID-19, bringing to four the number of truck drivers who have tested positive for the viral disease. The latest case is a 27-year-old Kenyan truck driver who entered Uganda through Malaba border on Sunday. He is part of …

    Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday inspected the extent of damage caused by a 16-acre floating island that partly blocked Nalubale Bridge and also moved towards the dam causing a power blackout. “Concerted efforts from NEMA, UPDF, National Fisheries Research Institute, UNRA, MAAIF …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An additional six patients have been discharged from Mulago Specialised Hospital after fully recovering from Coronavirus disease -COVID-19. The patients have tested negative on two different occasions after treatment. The Ministry of Health Spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyona says that another two patients were discharged …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Foreign Affairs Ministry has rubbished a proposal by Kyandondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi to repatriate Ugandans and Africans stuck in China. In a letter dated 15th of April addressed to the Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, Kyagulanyi said he has partnered with …

COMMENT | Onyango Owor | It is no news that COVID-19 has rapidly spread across the world with the World Health Organization reporting more than 130,885 deaths globally.   In these unprecedented times, how you protect yourself and your business from the legal implication of a virus with no vaccine should be …

#Uganda ✳ 11,332 tested ✳ 55 confirmed cases ✳ 3 foreign (repatriated) ✳ 28 recoveries ✳ 27 active cases ✳ 0 deaths Malaba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A fourth truck driver tested positive for the Coronavirus COVID-19 Sunday, as Uganda intensified screening to control the spread of the pandemic …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has threatened to import food from Mexico, if traders continue to hoard essential items in order to increase prices and benefit from it. Speaking on Sunday at State House Nakasero, Museveni said, he will never allow a group of suppliers to …

New York, United States | AFP |  American families slammed by the coronavirus pandemic are turning more and more to food banks to get by, waiting hours for donations in lines of cars stretching as far as the eye can see. And with 22 million people out of work seemingly overnight …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Truck drivers in Kasese District have raised concerns over the state of quarantine centres in the district.  Drivers arriving from Democratic Republic Congo-DRC in recent days have been put under the mandatory 14-days quarantine at Bwera Secondary School as a measure to control the spread …