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TVET provides practical, hands-on training in various industries and prepares students for employment or entrepreneurship Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several parents are working up their phones as they struggle to secure placements for their children in secondary schools following the release of Primary Leaving Examination results on Friday last …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF has started constructing monuments in remembrance of the efforts and sacrifices of the people from Greater Mbarara in the liberation struggle. The monuments are being constructed in Mbarara city and district, Ibanda, Kazo, Isingiro, Kiruhura, and Rwampara districts. The army has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deposit Protection Fund-DPF, is moving towards instant payment of depositors in case a bank closes, under the digitization program objectives of the fast-growing fund. Currently, the Fund is confident they can start compensating depositors ‘in the unlikely event of a bank closing, a month …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 30 schools in Soroti are operating illegally after failing to renew licenses. Simon Emoru Enangu, the Soroti District Inspector of Schools says that the affected schools had operational licenses which expired after two years. Operational licenses are issued to schools when they register …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has told Judges that justice can be served with or without money. The President was addressing Judges of the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court at their 24th Annual Judges Conference at Mestil Hotel, Kampala on Monday. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic police has raised concern over the increasing incidents of people driving while speaking on their mobile phones. Assistant Superintendent of Police Faridah Nampiima, the traffic police spokesperson, said every day the number of drivers using their phone while driving is increasing on the …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kiira region police are investigating the circumstances under, which Stanley Ssebulime, died in Friend’s Guest house in Mafubira ward in Jinja City Northern division. Police retrieved the deceased’s body from the guest house and took it to Jinja Regional Referral Hospital mortuary for postmortem on Monday. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker Anita Among has urged political leaders to train communities financial literacy if the dream to achieve an economically transformed Uganda is to be realised. The Speaker was speaking on Saturday, 28 January 2023 in Katakwi Boma Grounds during the fundraising drive organized by Ngariam …

Mitooma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hailstorm has wreaked havoc in four parishes in Mutara sub county, Mitooma district. The affected are Kataho, Ryakitanga, Bikungu, and Enshaka parishes. The hailstorm that hit the area on Sunday afternoon claimed several animals including cows, goats, and pigs, and destroyed several acres of banana …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Magistrate of the Anti-Corruption Court, Joan Aciro, has urged the state to speed up the prosecution of the criminal case against businessman Dodoviko Mwanje, and others who are accused of demolishing St. Peter’s Church in Ndeeba, Kampala. Aciro noted on Monday morning that …