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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board is taking a bold step to register multiple years for the next national examinations, URN can exclusively report. However, it is not blanket registration for everyone on account of having added two years to their biological age, the teachers will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Council of Ministers has agreed to consider French as a third official language to be used within the East African Community after English and Kiswahili. The decision was made under Article 137 of the proposed Amendment of the official languages of the Community during …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, has directed the House Committee on Finance and Planning to present a report on the Public Finance Management Bill, next week on Tuesday without fail. The Bill was more than a month ago tabled before parliament for consideration …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara city leaders have expressed concern over the decreasing local revenue for the financial year 2021/22. The city had projected to collect 1 Billion Shillings for the first quarter of the financial year, but only 500 Million Shillings was collected. The leaders accuse the contractors …

Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bulambuli Chief Administrative Officer, Leonard Tumusime, is in police custody over corruption and abuse of office-related charges. The Resident District Commissioner, Stanley Bayoole ordered Tumusime’s arrest on Thursday morning. He is accused of abuse of office, embezzlement of public funds, and corruption. According to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Bill to pave way for the full implementation of the oil pipeline project in Uganda. The law will facilitate the implementation of Uganda’s obligations under the Host Government Agreement signed between Uganda, Tanzania and the …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business grounded to a halt at the Busia one-stop border post on Wednesday when truckers decided to park their vehicles protesting double charges for clearing goods in transit. They accused Ogaframe (Invespo), the clearing firm attached to Uganda Revenue Authority-URA at Busia custom for charging …

Nearly three out of every ten children in West Nile are stunted Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Prime Minister has launched NutriCash – a project that will see children under two years, pregnant and breastfeeding mothers in West Nile region, Northwestern Uganda, receive sh48,000 ($14 ) …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bishop Paul Ssemogerere is the new Archbishop of Kampala Metropolitan Archdiocese. The Papal Nuncio to Uganda Archbishop Luigi Bianco announced the appointment of Ssemogerere, who was until recently been the Bishop of Kasana Luwero, on Thursday morning. The office of the Kampala Archbishop fell vacant …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Medical Stores (NMS), a government entity mandated to procure, store and distribute essential medicines to mainly public health facilities, has been nominated for NITA-U Excellence Awards. They have been nominated under three categories, the E-Service of the Year Award (Health); E-Service of the …