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All set for Friday flag-off of 2022 UNEB exams and prayers ✳ PLE 🔵 November 7th – Candidate Briefing ➡ November 8th – Mathematics ➡ November 8th – SS & RE ➡ November 9th – Integrated Science ➡ November 9th – English ✳ UCE 🔵 October 14th – Candidate Briefing ➡ October …

Bunyangabu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five officials of Bunyangabu district Local Government have been arrested for alleged abuse of office. Those arrested include; Lucy Ikiriza, the Principal Human Resource Officer, Yusta Asiimwe, the District Production Officer, and Gerald Tumwesigye, the District Agricultural Officer. Others are Joseph Basaliza, the District Chief …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday urged policymakers to prioritize protecting the vulnerable through targeted support, while keeping a tight fiscal stance to help fight inflation. “Governments confront difficult trade-offs amid sharp increases in food and energy prices,” Vitor Gaspar, director of the IMF’s fiscal …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,500 families from six villages in Kikuube district are facing forceful eviction from their ancestral land. The affected families are located in Ndongo, Kisoba, Kahara, Nyanseke, Nyakabaale, and Hohwa villages, in Kaseeta parish, Kabwoya lower sub-county. The land in question measures 501 hectares …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo Broadcasting Network Limited (RockCity Radio) management has given contract engineers Willy Ntege and Henry Okello up to December 1, to have the radio’s mast placed on the summit of Tororo Rock ready to transmit. The engineers will place top of the rock a Guyed Wire 45M …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has denied that there was vote rigging during last month’s East African Legislative Assembly-EALA elections. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network, Chris Obore, the director for information at Parliament said their records show that there were neither unauthorized persons who participated in the election nor …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and the Attorney General have asked the Constitutional court to dismiss with costs a petition filed by Supreme Court Justice, Dr. Esther Kisaakye saying it’s a disguised attempt to frustrate an on-going inquiry into her conduct and abscondment from duty. In …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government (IG) handled a total of 320 disputes under the function of the ombudsman, over the year ended June 2022. Most of these complaints arose from misunderstandings between public servants and their supervisors and they include abuse of authority, victimization, employment disputes, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Government Assurance and Implementation Committee have resolved to investigate irregularities surrounding livestock compensation. It follows queries over the ongoing livestock verification process, and methods of compensation which were presented to the Committee by Jackson Kafuuzi, the Deputy Attorney General. According …

  Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Learners in Bundibugyo district are shunning afternoon classes due to the absence of meals. A mini-survey conducted by URN mostly in government schools shows that afternoon classes attract less than half of their total population. To enable children to have lunch at school, school …