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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The indefinite suspension of the re-opening of the nursery schools will hurt the foundation of schooling according to teachers. Last week, Education Minister Janet Museveni said nursery schools handling children aged three to six will remain closed throughout the Covid-19 season. She explained that this …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students in private universities based in Kampala are having face to face lectures before the official dates set for reopening by Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education and Sports directed on February 9th, 2020 that Universities and other tertiary institutions would start face to …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The year’s edition of the national cross country championship is done, and the winner Hosea Kiplangat. In the  highly competitive championship, Uganda’s Long distance runner Kiplangat against all odds managed to hit the finishing point before any other 2:14:0 ahead of Kusuro Geoffrey who …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested three members of the same family in Mbale city and still hunting for another ten over the murder of a fellow resident known named as William Wanaboa aged 40 years of age. The suspects allegedly caught Wanaboa having sex with their mother. Police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has issued orders staying the execution of the Constitutional Court’s decision which was permanently halting the proceedings on corruption charges against Geoffrey Kazinda, the former principal accountant officer in the Office of Prime Minister. Kazinda has spent the last nine years in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-three-year-old Aidah Naikobe, a resident of Kadiba zone in Buwenge town council, Jinja district is reported to have committed suicide by strangulation after receiving information that her estranged boyfriend had moved on with another woman. Naikobe who had separated from her boyfriend and sought refuge …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo asking him to excuse himself from the presidential election petition filed by National Unity Platform-NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi. Kyagulanyi, the first runners up wants court to invalidate the declaration of Museveni as president-elect of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A man in Abim district has been remanded to Amita central government prison for allegedly assaulting a woman who sold him a local staple meal locally referred to as Anyoyi on credit worth 200 Shillings. Anyoyi, a traditional delicacy is a mixture of well-boiled maize …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority has announced a ban on hawkers in the refurbished  Old Taxi Park. The ongoing construction works on the park are expected to be completed by March 4, 2021. Upon completion, the authorities say the park will have new guidelines for reducing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has declared the National Resistance Movement- NRM candidate Juliet Achayo Lodou as the winner for Ngora county parliamentary seat after the complete tally of all the 65 polling stations in the county. Ngora District Returning Officer Peter Toddu had declared the incumbent, …