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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials at Muni University have appealed to the government to donate part of the land hosting Arua Central Forest Reserve, commonly known as Barifa Forest for expansion. The University’s acting Vice-Chancellor, Associate Professor Simon Anguma Katrini says that additional land is needed to facilitate the …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools in Moroto district are struggling to attract learners despite an ongoing campaign to rally children to go back to school. The schools have registered a low turn-up of learners during the first week of school for the new academic year that opened on February …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lira Regional Referral Hospital has received its first microbiology laboratory and equipment to support the investigation of bacterial infections particularly those that have shown resistance to common antibiotics. The hospital which receives over 1,000 outPatient attendances and 100 admissions on a daily basis has been …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people perished in a fatal accident along the Hoima-Kaiso-Tonya Road in Kikuube district. The deceased persons whose particulars are yet to be established were travelling in a Fuso truck registration number UAZ 178Z travelling from Hoima city to Kaiso Landing Site. The accident occurred near …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education in Uganda has announced the rollout of a new smartphone-based inspection tool to curb the systematic absenteeism of headteachers and teachers in public schools. Ketty Lamaro, the Permanent Secretary of the education ministry says that leveraging technology, the new tool named …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jackson Mayanja, the head coach of the Uganda National U-20 team, the Hippos has announced the final squad for the upcoming U-20 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Egypt. The final squad features goalkeepers Abdu Magada, Shamulan Kamya, and Delton Oyo, as well as defenders …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s select committee investigating operations of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has handed over the phones of two Fund officials to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for further inquiries. The phone of the former NSSF Managing Director Richard Byarugaba and that of Chief Financial …

Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in Busoga East on Thursday recovered a gun that was reportedly stolen from private security guards of Wolves Security Group, in Mayuge town council. The gun, loaded with 10 rounds of live ammunition, was recovered hidden in a wooden box and dumped in …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the third phase of the surgical complex at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital will be undertaken by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF engineering brigade. Construction of the complex started in 2016 and was supposed to end in September 2020. It however stalled for 2 …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of municipal officials and allocation committee heads have been pinned for gross extortion resulting in the mess that marred the relocation of vendors to the new Kabale Central Market. This came out during investigations by a committee which was instituted last week by …