Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are hunting for a group of people who hurled petrol bombs at two motor vehicles in Kireka along the Kampala-Jinja highway. The first incident was reported by one Shafic Mubiru, who was driving a vehicle registration number UAJ 320S. He was attacked along the railway …
Read More »Uganda Breweries, NARO partner to promote agric research
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Uganda Breweries Limited and National Agricultural Research Organisation have launched a partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation commitment that seeks to establish, foster and promote research and development in the agriculture sector. The MoU signing would promote linkages and partnership for purposes of …
Read More »Councilors approve split of Rukiga county
Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rukiga District council has passed a motion to split Rukiga County into two constituencies. The district started its operations in July 2017 after it had been curved from Kabale district. Since then, it remained both a county and a district. During a council session held …
Read More »IMF says Uganda has requested for yet another loan
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Washington based International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed Uganda government approached it for another loan and discussions are progressing well. The IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice yesterday revealed that Uganda requested for a three-year loan arrangement. The loan could be in the range of $900 …
Read More »Teachers earn UGX 2,000 per lesson as schools struggle to survive
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several private schools in Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso districts have revised the payment mode for their teachers, as they struggle to keep afloat after the COVID-19 uncertainty. Teachers who sought anonymity told URN that the schools are paying them as low as 2,000 Shillings for …
Read More »Kilembe secondary school students strike over teacher absenteeism
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Students of Kilembe Senior Secondary School in Kasese municipality on Thursday staged a demonstration accusing the teachers of absenteeism. The students locked their classes and marched to the office of the Resident District Commissioner protesting teacher absenteeism. Some of the students who spoke on condition …
Read More »Church of Uganda needs UGX 188M to rehabilitate bishop’s house in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Church of Uganda is hunting for Uganda Shillings 188 million to rehabilitate the dilapidated house of the Bishop of the Northern Diocese in Gulu. The house constructed about 100 years ago by the early Church Missionary Society at Mican Parish adjacent to St. Philips …
Read More »Kigezi home boyz FC coach Mark Twinamatsiko sacked
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mark Twinamatsiko, the head coach of the Kabale-based Kigezi Home Boyz Football Club has been sacked over poor performance. Twinamatsiko was unveiled by the club in October 2020 on a three-year contract replacing Vialli Bainomugisha who had also been sacked. However, the Club Chief Executive …
Read More »Football fraternity excited as Museveni honours former cranes star Onyango
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Football fraternity is excited after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday honoured former Uganda Cranes Captain Denis Onyango. During a function held at the State House in Entebbe, Museveni and the Education and Sports Minister Janet Museveni honoured the former Cranes skipper and …
Read More »Masaba cultural clans endorse Jude Mike Mudoma for Umukuka
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cultural leaders from the Mwambu clan of Bugisu have unanimously endorsed Jude Mike Mudoma to be the third leader of the Inzu ya Masaba, known by the title Umukuka. The move follows a reconciliation meeting between Gender Minister Frank Tumwebaze and …
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