NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Frank Tumwebaze has met the Regional Director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mohammed Abdiker in Kampala. The two leaders discussed the harmonization of labour migration policies in the East and Horn of Africa region, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The former presidential candidate Nancy Kalembe has asked Parliament to reinstate the government facilitation for campaigns of presidential candidates.  The facilitation which included 20 Million Shillings and a car to each presidential candidate was scrapped in 2015 following the decision by Parliament to amend …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of schools around Kampala are rallying parents to return learners to school. This follows the low turn up of primary four and five pupils.  The learners resumed classes on Monday, after the academic year was prematurely cut short on March 18, 2020, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament has this afternoon honoured a 15-member medical team of Soroti Regional Referral hospital, for successfully conducting a surgery involving the separation of a dead from a live Siamese twin. The surgery took place in Soroti, six days after the baby was referred to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Only 500 people will be allowed to attend the funeral ceremony of the late Archbishop of Kampala archdiocese Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga tomorrow, the Church has announced. According to Fr. Nicholas Mulumba, the head of communication at Kampala Archdiocese, a few people have been …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Finance has proposed a license fee of 200,000 Shillings on all car owners as part of the revenue measures to fund the 2021/2022 budget.  State Minister of Finance David Bahati says that the move is intended to streamline the transport sector …

  Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Charcoal prices in Kabale district have shot up in the past one months.   A sack of charcoal that was once sold at 20,000 Shillings now costs 32,000 Shillings.  Annet Kyomuhendo, a charcoal dealer in Kigongi in Central division Kabale municipality says that she …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Roman Catholic Church in Uganda continues to seek answers to questions on what could have led to the death of Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga as well as the former Bishop of Masaka Diocese John Baptist Kaggwa, earlier in the year.  While Archbishop Lwanga …

Kwania, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The residents of Kwania district have requested the government to elevate Aduku Health Center IV status to a general hospital status to address health service delivery gaps. On average, the health center receives 900 in-patients a month and carries out more than 100 deliveries …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The World Health Organisation (WHO) has encouraged countries to strengthen their data and information system if they are to address inequities that exist in the health system. Quoting their recent global assessment which found only 51% of the countries have included disaggregated data in …