Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A waitress has suffocated to death in a restaurant in Mukono town. The 22-year-old Kisuki Mbambu was found dead on Saturday morning in the restaurant where she has been residing since the Covid-19 lockdown in compliance with the presidential directive to contain the spread …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Covid-19 taskforce has warned politicians against being involved in the distribution of relief food. The task force argues that the distribution exercise should be carried out by Local Defense Unit-LDU officers, army and members from the Red Cross society. This follows reports that …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a fresh row between residents of Lwanyonyi-Kirangira in Nama sub county Mukono district and their landlord Israel Dick Banoba. Residents accuse Banoba of taking advantage of the curfew to destroy their gardens. The dispute between Banoba and the residents has been on …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono district COVID-19 Task force officials are under spotlight for allegedly under declaring mattresses donated by Royikem Industries Limited. On Monday, Royikem Industries Limited which produced Rose Foam mattresses handed over 500 mattresses and 3000 liters of fuel to the Mukono district Covid-19 task force …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mukono who were brutalized by security personnel enforcing the curfew are struggling to access treatment. The curfew was declared by President Yoweri Museveni almost a week ago as a measure to control the movement of people at a time the country is battling …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A police officer attached to Buziranjovu police post in Mukono district has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a journalist. David Musisi Karyankolo working for Bukedde television in Mukono district is admitted at Herona Hospital in a coma after he was severely beaten on Thursday …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four people were buried on Monday evening in a septic tank they were constructing in Seeta along Bukerere road in Ggoma Division Mukono District. The Septic tank, which is estimated to be 20 feet deep, collapsed shortly after the builders started work following a …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three Chinese nationals in Mukono have been isolated after returning from China two weeks ago. This is to make sure they are free of COVID-19 coronavirus. The Ministry of Health Spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyoona, says that they have decided to isolate them as a preventive …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Associate professor Dr. Aaron Mushengyezi is the new Vice Chancellor Uganda Christian University-UCU Mukono. Dr. Mushengyezi, who is also the dean of the department of languages, literature and communications at Makerere University, was appointed on February 1, 2020 in Mityana at a meeting involving …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono municipal council has passed a resolution supporting the decision of their executive rejecting the transfer of Mukono hospital management to the district. The decision was made after Mukono Mayor; George Fred Kagimu read a letter from the Health Ministry, Permanent Secretary, Dr Diana Atwiine …
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