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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda Human Rights Commission wants the security agencies responsible for the officers who beat up journalists at the UN Human Rights Commission office last week to compensate them for the inhumane and degrading treatment they subjected them to.  The UHRC condemned the actions of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Ugandan exporters are crying over the business disruption caused by the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union alias Brexit as they were coming to terms with the effects of Covid-19. The UK voted to leave the EU in 2016. While it officially …

Pokot , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Jane Cherop had a dream of becoming a pilot. However, forcing her to under Female Genital Mutilation-FGM, a practice that is common among the Pokot in Amudat district ruined her dream. “… I did not want anything that would make me bleed wasting my …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB is battling financial challenges that might affect the preparation and management of 2020 final examinations. According to sources in the examination body, the board lacks funds to finance a number of activities ahead of the Uganda Certificate Examinations-UCE scheduled to start …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Ugandans do not know how to use expressways, and dual carriageway, implying that it will take a lot for the country to rip the benefits of the huge investment in such infrastructure projects. Several motorists drive from points where they are not supposed to, causing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Save for Health Uganda [SHU], a local Non-Governmental Organization [NGO] that is promoting community health insurance schemes has failed to register its targeted number of clients in the Greater Luweero region due to lack of sufficient and reliable transport means. Save for Health Uganda introduced …

Rukiiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Frank Byarugaba, the chairperson of Kagorogoro Village in Rukiga district has lost his life in a feud with gamblers.  He was killed by Obed Ndyareeba,  a  bar owner and, Nyakasiru Parish Elections Supervisor during a scuffle at Mukatojo Trading Centre in Kagorogoro village last evening.  …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Several Ugandans have continued to use the Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), since the government blocked access to the internet on January 13th before partly restoring it on January 18th.  On easing the conditions, mobile internet was still highly restricted and the use of VPNs came …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has embarked on the nationwide distribution of the second batch of self-study materials. The materials were introduced as one of the interventions to ensure that learners continue learning during the lockdown. Although the materials were much needed during the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction works of two maternity wards at Akali and Owiny health centers II in Kwania district have commenced. The World Bank-funded project is meant for the refurbishment and upgrade of the two health centers to HCIII’s, under the Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfer Program for Results- …