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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPEDENT | The High Court in Kampala has dismissed with costs an election petition filed against the Entebbe Municipality Mayor Fabrice Brad Rulinda. The petition was filed by the Democratic Party Candidate Vincent De Paul Kayanja. Rulinda an Independent Candidate was declared the winner with 6,703 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Private Teachers Union (UPTU) is concerned that the Ministry of education is ordering private schools to register afresh. The ministry now requires private schools to register afresh, a process that will always be repeated every five years. According to the Ministry of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muslims have been asked to embrace vaccination and observe Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as many turned up for the first Juma prayer in four months. Mosques like other worship places were closed in June following a surge in covid-19 cases. On Wednesday, President Yoweri …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports will soon table before Cabinet the draft National School Health Policy. This was revealed by the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja during Prime Minister’s Time on Thursday, 23 September 2021. The Prime Minister said that after Cabinet’s approval of the Policy, …

Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 2,500 residents of Bugoba B and C in Kibizzi zone in Njeru municipality, Buikwe district are under threat of eviction. The contested land on Kyaggwe block 346, measuring 31 hectares is claimed by Herbert Muyomba and Dorothy Nakimbugwe who have petitioned the court seeking …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has called on the Ministry of Water and Environment to expedite the implementation of processing of the National Climate Change Act 2020 which was passed in April 2021. The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Emmanuel Otaala said government needs to implement …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is a constitutional right for every Ugandan to have access to information but this provision of the Constitution has been breached by the prolonged ban on internet use and poor network coverage, MPs have noted. Members of Parliament are concerned that at the time when …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund is likely to give a lower interest to savers for the year 2020/21, than what was paid out last year, according to the economic conditions prevailing. The decision to raise, lower or maintain the interest rate largely depends on two factors, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mountain Slayers Uganda has handed over mountain climbing safety equipment to the Rwenzori mountains’ guiding community as part of a project that also saw guides and rangers from the Rwenzori mountains receive safety training for the mountains back in June 2021. The activity, that took place at Rwenzori …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Private Sector Foundation Uganda, the country’s apex body for the private sector, has launched a partnership with Bird Uganda Safaris Limited, a Ugandan birding tour company to establish 3,980 work opportunities for young women and men over a 5-year period. The partnership is in collaboration …