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Ugandan religious leaders protest continued closures

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Interreligious Council of Uganda-IRCU plans to meet the Health Ministry to expressed dissatisfaction over the continued closure of places of worship, the Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje has revealed. According to Sheikh Mubaje, they resolved this during their meeting on Thursday. …

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UGANDA: 1039 ghost nurses unearthed as lunch allowance starts

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to1039 ghost names have been found on the nurses’ payroll. The names were unearthed during payment of lunch allowances for nurses. Uganda has a total of 70,167 nurses and midwives registered by the government’s Nurses and Midwifery Council. According to a letter seen …

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UNEB introduces new system to grade school performance

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) is introducing a new system that will be used to grade schools. The value-added score is a system that is intended to reward the efforts of all schools by analyzing extra considerations away from the immediate results of …

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UGANDA: Medical training institutions to reopen

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has allowed medical and health training institutions to resume normal studies. This comes a week after the government instructed the Ministries of Education and Health and the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) officials to meet and discuss the safe reopening of …

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Kenyan repatriates 32 Karamojong girls

  Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty two Karamojong girls and three of their infants have returned to Uganda through Busia one-stop border post following their repatriation by the Kenyan government. The returnees who are from Napak, Nakapiripirit and Moroto districts among others in Karamoja sub-region were stranded in …

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Deputy IGP appoints new ICT Commanders

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech, has overhauled commanders in the directorate of Information Communication and Technology-ICT.  This is in a bid to improve timely response to crime incidents captured by Closed Circuit Television –CCTV security cameras, The latest reshuffles of …

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LUMBUYE: Heavy deployment at Turkish Embassy in Kampala

Lumbuye before he was picked up in Turkey Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a heavy security presence along the roads leading to the Turkish embassy on plot 9 at Prince Charles drive in Kololo ahead of the deportation of popular Ugandan blogger, Fred Kajjubi, alias Lumbuye. Reports from …

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