Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has backtracked on a directive that only science students should report for physical classes next month. Last week, Vice-Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe said that in a bid to limit student numbers as a preventive measure against the spread of Covid-19, students studying humanities …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of head teachers who had turned up for the selection and placement exercise at Kololo ceremonial grounds have been turned away due to the lack of Covid-19 test results. The Ministry of Education and Sports scheduled the senior one and five selection process …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima city authorities have issued guidelines to property owners ordering them to renovate dilapidated buildings. According to the guidelines, all property owners are expected to renovate all the dilapidated structures while those lacking the required building plans must acquire them within six months. Though Hoima …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The contractor of Kitgum Central Market is seeking additional time to complete the multi-billion market. China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd was contracted to construct the market in 2019. The company was supposed to hand it over in July this year. But the contractor failed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Services has said that it has so far vaccinated only 18 percent of its 66,832 inmates across the country. Frank Baine, the Uganda Prisons Spokesperson said that only 2% of the already vaccinated prisoners have received the second dose. Baine explained that …
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Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago district has registered a total of 1,972 teenage pregnancies within a period of 15 months. Agago District Probation Office records show that people who visited different health centres to access antenatal services last year included 1,339 adolescent girls aged between 12 and 19. Another …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Retired Supreme Court Justice George Kanyeihamba, together with five human rights activists have sued the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for suggesting alteration of the law regarding bail applications and release of suspects on police bond. The other petitioners are; John Solomon Nabuyanda, human …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council for Higher Education-NCHE has advised higher institutions of learning to avoid scheduling classes for newly admitted students before handling current first-year students. Universities and other tertiary institutions will be opening their gates to learners on November 1, nearly five months after the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists, entrepreneurs, institutional leaders and students from Africa and beyond are meeting in Kigali, Rwanda and online for the second continental African Plant Breeders Association Conference (APBAConf2021). The week’s long conference is expected to end on Oct.29. Guided by the theme, “Accelerating Genetic Gains in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s joint security agencies have described the Monday afternoon explosion inside Swift Bus as a suicide mission conducted by Isaac Matovu, the only person who died in the incident. The suspected suicide bomber Matovu, a 23 year old from Kireka has been on Police’s …
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