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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministry of Education and Sports is set to recruit 2,542 staff members for community schools that have since been taken over by the government. Prof Samuel Luboga, Education Service Commission chairperson says 82 schools across the country will benefit from the recruitment as part of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has said like all sectors, the COVID-19 pandemic greatly affected their ability to achieve set targets. “Several of UNRA’s activities such as road construction were affected by the lockdown and partial lockdown during the period,” said Allen Kagina, the UNRA …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in the island districts of Buvuma and Kalangala say President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni polled few votes there largely because of the brutality meted against fishing communities by the army, the illegal land acquisition and unfulfilled presidential pledges. Unlike previous elections where Museveni won in …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kitgum district is holding six suspects arrested for alleged illegal logging and charcoal burning. The suspects were picked from Lamwo district during undercover operations conducted by the Environmental Protection Police Unit-EPPU over the weekend. The operations conducted on illegal logging and charcoal …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Secondary school teachers in Lira are excited about the introduction of a new curriculum for lower secondary classes.  In February 2020, the National Curriculum Development Center (NCDC) rolled out a new secondary education curriculum aimed at meeting the learners’ needs especially in regards to skills …

  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | XINHUA |  The Ethiopian government has signed a 24 million U.S. dollars off-grid electrification project contract with three Chinese firms and one South Korean firm, an Ethiopian official said on Tuesday. Speaking to Xinhua, Melaku Taye, Communications Director at Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU), said the …

Bududa, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The prices of seeds have shot up in Bududa district as the planting season draws closer. The most affected are maize and bean seeds. A kilogram of untreated maize seeds now costs Shillings 1800 from Shillings 1200.   A sachet of 2 kilograms of treated maize …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Amuru district authorities plan to construct irrigation schemes and water dams along the banks of River Unyama to mitigate persistent flooding of Elegu Township along the Uganda-South Sudan border.     Elegu Town suffers devastating floods, which displaces hundreds of people whenever River Unyama bursts its …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Domestic Borrowing by the government is creating a class of lazy investors, according to the Uganda Debt Network-UDN. Domestic Borrowing is done through the issuance of securities like treasury bills, which are short term debt instruments with tenures ranging from 91, 182 and 364 days …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Unfulfilled pledges by President Yoweri Museveni and internal party wrangles cost the National Resistance Movement support in Wakiso district. In the just-concluded elections, the NRM party lost in all the eight constituencies in Wakiso District.  They include Entebbe Municipality, Busiro South, Busiro North, Nansana Municipality, …