Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda has a funding shortfall of 515 billion Shillings to procure nine million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of India. A total of 21,952,000 million vaccines are expected to arrive in the country between this week and next …
Read More »Gulu city halts funding 17 youth groups over low recovery rate
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Funding of 17 new youth groups under the youth livelihood program in Gulu City has been halted after the authorities failed to recover funds disbursed to 58 different groups six years ago. Santo Otto Anywar, the Gulu City Welfare Officer and the Focal Point …
Read More »Uganda, Kenya opt for cross-border cattle market in Moroto
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leaders of Karamoja and Turkana county of Kenya have agreed to establish a cross-border cattle market across the border in Moroto district in Uganda. This, they say, will be a market to unite all the region’s pastoralists who have been conflicting across the border. …
Read More »Conservationists call for ban of legal trade, breeding of wildlife
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is growing evidence that wild animals do not get the conditions to live a full life, even in well-demarcated breeding sites and in countries that have enabling laws for wildlife trade. According to conservationists, several snake farms in West, East and South Africa are …
Read More »Panic at KCCA as police conducts impromptu fire drills
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was panic and confusion at Kampala Capital City Authority –KCCA headquarters this morning resulting from impromptu fire drills by officers from the Police-Fire and Rescue Services Directorate. Fire trucks surrounded KCCA headquarters blurring sirens triggering panic among workers and several people who had to …
Read More »Over 100 defendants storm Kitgum magistrates court in land case
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kitgum Chief Magistrate Elizabeth Akullo Ogwal has adjourned a scheduling conference in a land case between rivalling clans in Namokora Town Council, Kitgum District after hundreds of defendants in the case thronged the court premises. The court had scheduled Wednesday to understand the issues …
Read More »School in Nakaseke fails to re-open over lack of funds
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amazing Grace Nursery and Primary School in Nakaseke District has failed to re-open citing a lack of funds to meet COVID 19 Standard Operating Procedures and operational costs. On Monday, schools reopened in a staggered manner for non-candidate classes beginning with semi-candidates in P.6, S.3 …
Read More »Oulanyah adjourns house on return to mourn with Kadaga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah declined to proceed with today’s Parliament sitting, even though this was the first time in over a year that he was chairing the house. He said he could not continue with Parliamentary business when his superior is mourning. Through his official …
Read More »Schools warned against forcing learners into boarding section
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has cautioned public and private schools against forcing learners to join the boarding sections. Dr Kedrace Turyagyenda, the Director of Education Standards, says they have noted that some schools which were formally registered as a day or day and …
Read More »Battered journalists sue military police commander, attorney general
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four journalists have sued Lt. Col Napoleon Namanya, the Director of operations in the Military Police and the Attorney General for their recent attack while covering the former National Unity Platform-NUP Presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. They are John Cliff Wamala and Geoffrey Twesigye, both …
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