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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyaggwe county leaders are concerned about the increasing number of pregnancies and deliveries involving school-age going children due to the prolonged school closure. At least 127 out of the 1,000 girls under the Kyaggwe county (Ssaza) bursary scheme have conceived in the lockdown. Some of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed the prime minister to lead the team from the ministry of education, health and the national taskforce to come up with dates and revised safe proposals for the reopening of learning institutions. The directive follows a meeting that happened on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank, Total Uganda and Roofings have announced a tripartite partnership to support over 250 secondary schools to plant at least 150,000 trees in a bid to redevelop Uganda’s receding forest cover. The three corporate entities signed the MoU for this initiative at Stanbic Bank …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has warned ministries and government departments against relying on supplementary budgeting in the next financial year, saying it will not be easy for them. Minister Matia Kasaija told the National Budget Conference, that supplementary requests are making …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Acholi sub region registered 1,253 cases of violence against children and women in the first half of this year. Records from the Aswa River police show that there was a sharp rise in cases of violence in Amuru, Gulu, Pader, Agago, Kitgum, Nwoya, Omoro and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform-NUP has demanded for quicker investigations and trial of the two detained party members of parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana implicated in the Masaka killings. On Tuesday, the Masaka Chief Magistrate’s Court charged the Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammed Ssegirinya and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga has paid tribute to the late Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga, the Archbishop of the Orthodox Church in Uganda who died in Athens, Greece on Sunday. The 76-year-old prelate reportedly died of prostate cancer. Addressing mourners during an …

  Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) will spend Shs122billion on operations and maintenance of the Kampala Entebbe Expressway, the roads agency revealed at its annual performance briefing on Sept. 9 at its offices in Kyambogo, Kampala. The Operation and Maintenance service provider commenced work in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Covid-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the fight against HIV, TB and malaria in 2020. This is according to a new report released by the Global Fund on Wednesday. The report shows that while some progress was made, key programmatic results have declined …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has reversed the decision by the government that required local governments to remit all their revenue to the consolidated fund. Although local governments used to collect revenue and utilize it at source, the government through the Ministry of Finance came up with a decision …