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Ministry of Education rolled out a new lower secondary curriculum last year slated to start with the newly admitted senior one students Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Secondary schools have decried the lack of textbooks for the new lower secondary curriculum. The schools note that the National Curriculum Development Center-NCDC availed them …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) has partnered with Insurance Training College (ITC) to train Trustees, who are key persons in the proper management of the pensions sector. Unveiled on April 16, the Trustee Training and Certification Programme is intended to enhance professionalism of …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of guns recovered in the Karamoja sub-region increased in 2020. The Uganda Peoples Defense Force- UPDF 3rd Division recovered 150 illegal guns in the hands of civilians across the nine districts of Karamoja. This is almost twice, the number of guns recovered in 2019 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researches for COVID-19 vaccines are very risky, Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) Executive Director Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu has warned saying while funders inject in lots of cash, they can’t guarantee that they will have a product at the end of the study. This follows a meeting …

Kampala Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have preferred charges of inciting violence against two leaders of the National Unity Platform who were arrested while leading a procession to parliament demanding to meet the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. On Thursday, about 50 women including mothers and relatives of NUP suspects who …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lwengo district and the International Crane Foundation (ICF) in East Africa have taken the ‘Cranes In a Classroom’ campaign to primary and secondary schools in a bid to conserve the national emblem which is nearing extinction. The campaign follows the death of 60 gray …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II wasn’t poisoned but rather got an allergic reaction from wearing masks and face shields, Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga has said. Speaking for the first time after a seemingly frail Kabaka appeared in public early this week to celebrate …

Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The milk cooler in Rwengaju Model Sub County in Kabarole district is operating way below capacity after it was shunned by farmers.  The cooler, which is located in Kidubuli village, was donated to the farmers by National Agricultural Advisory Services – Naads in 2020 after farmers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized crime has faulted the Uganda Police and the Army for their role in illegal charcoal trade. The research conducted in Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan interviewed 348 people with direct involvement in the value chain as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Uganda oil agreements: Why experts don’t know whether to celebrate or criticise THE LAST WORD Michela Wrong’s Rwanda hatchet job part 2: She was taken for a ride by Karegyeya, Kayumba, Sendashonga’s wife …