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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 students of Mandela Secondary School in Hoima city have been sent home following a violent strike. The students staged a violent strike at 2am protesting poor feeding and administration. According to some of the students who spoke to URN on condition of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has started a process to ensure that Ugandans employed in the Middle East get similar terms of employment as their counterparts from other countries. This is after it was revealed that the earnings and workload for Ugandans especially those working as house maids …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago National Referral Hospital has unveiled a non-invasive surgery simulation center, the first of its kind in the country. The hospital administrators say trainees will undergo training at the center on how to conduct minimally invasive endoscopies and laparoscopic surgeries. During such procedures, equipment is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Finance committee have learned that Uganda Development Corporation-UDC’s move to carry out a valuation of Roko Construction Limited was unsuccessful after failing to access an 800 million Shillings budget from the Ministry of Finance. Patrick Birungi, the UDC Executive Director …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-three-23 aspirants have petitioned the High Court to restrain the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party from implementing its decision to ring-fence six positions of members of parliament for the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA. The applicants are part of more than 100 people who had expressed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee to inquire into recruitment by the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces-UPDF following complaints of unfairness and discrimination. The decision follows an alarm sounded by Tororo Woman MP Sarah Opendi indicating that …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from Acholi sub-region have asked the government to support their people with relief aid as the region grapples with famine. The leaders say that while the government specifically plans to support the Karamoja region with relief aid, the region is also in dire need …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC will go to the polls after amending the constitution. On Wednesday, the UMSC general assembly, the council’s top decision organ, finalized scrutinizing and approving the amended constitution which is supposed to be followed while electing new Muslim local leaders right …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | According to the World Health Organization-WHO, the continent is reported to have registered a 63 percent increase in the number of zoonotic disease outbreaks in the period from 2012 to 2022 compared to 2001-2011. This was revealed on Thursday during a weekly virtual meeting organized …

Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least twenty-two people have died in Kalemalera village, Kacheri sub-county in Kotido district after eating wild cassava. The victims started dying last week. The latest victim died on Wednesday. The majority of the victims are children below five years and elderly persons aged 70-years …