Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer allowed access to Naguru police headquarters, according to the new directives by Inspector General of Police Martin Ochola. Counter-terrorism teams guarding the entrance are restricting people from going beyond the gate without proof of vaccination. …
Read More »Chaos in Naguru NRM primaries as losing camp refuses to be counted
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was chaos in Naguru remand home 2 polling station in the LCV woman councilor NRM primaries after the losing camp refused to be counted. Although the election for other positions was held peacefully at the polling station located in Nakawa division on Friday, …
Read More »Police headquarters, National CCTV command centre closed over COVID-19
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Police Force headquarters and the National Closed Circuit Television – CCTV command centre all in Naguru have been closed as a measure to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The closure comes after police’s Chief Political Commissar, AIGP Asan Kasingye tested …
Read More »Museveni: IGP should sack non-committed Police Officers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola, to sack all non-committed police officers. Museveni, who was speaking on Thursday after the commissioning of the National Command Centre at Naguru police headquarters, said with available technology, crime won’t …
Read More »OIC Speaker’s Conference denounces terrorism, Islamophobia
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speakers and Deputy Speakers from countries under the Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States-PUOIC have denounced terrorism and Islamophobia in the world. Islamophobia is the fear or hatred against Islam or Muslims. Toumi Mohammed Benjelloun, the Deputy Speaker of the Moroccan parliament told delegates …
Read More »Occupancy in upscale suburbs up – Report
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investors in apartments in the upscale suburbs of Kampala like Nakasero, Naguru, Mbuya and Kololo saw the best start of 2019 with a surge in demand from expatriates compared to last year. According to estate agent Knight Frank Uganda report for the first six …
Read More »21 Cholera patients discharged from Naguru isolation unit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 21 people have so far been discharged from the Cholera Isolation unit in Naguru, since the reported outbreak of the deadly disease in parts of Kampala last month. These are part of the group that had been referred to the facility from Kabowa, in …
Read More »Water scarcity threatens cholera response at Naguru Hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A looming water shortage threatens cholera response activities at Naguru Hospital. Administrators at the health facility have said that they do not have enough water to run the facility beyond the next 12 hours following a crisis that has hit parts of Kampala, over the …
Read More »Who owns Naguru- Nakawa estate land?
By John Njoroge The battle for the Naguru-Nakawa housing project has now taken a new twist with another group of land seekers joining the ranks in a manner that resembles the 19 century scramble and partition of Africa. According to Alaka and Company Advocates, the law firm that was representing …
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