Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports plans to digitize all centres of vocational excellence under the Uganda Skills Development Project-USDP as one of the means to ensure continued online learning during and post COVID-19 era. The centres include Bukalasa Agricultural College, Uganda Technical College …
Read More »Police officer remanded for defrauding UPDF General UGX 17m
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A police officer has been remanded to Kasangati prison on charges of impersonation and obtaining money by false pretense. On Tuesday, Buganda Road Grade one magistrate Joan Acaa Ketty heard that between January and March 2019 within Kampala, the suspect Emmanuel Omoko Ricky obtained …
Read More »Entebbe hospital workers gain confidence in treating COVID-19 patients
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical staff at Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital are now more confident in handling COVID-19 patients after more than three months on the job. The facility has handled over 170 patients since Saturday, March 21, when the first case of COVID-19 was announced. Of these, …
Read More »Electoral Commission needs extra UGX 54.6 billion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission a body charged with organizing elections in Uganda has said it will need an extra 54.6 billion Shillings to organize the 2021 general election amidst the COVID-19 pandemic threat. Speaking today at the Electoral Commission headquarters in Kampala, Sam Rwakojo, the …
Read More »UBTEB to release examination results on Wednesday
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board – UBTEB will tomorrow release results of 21,190 students that sat for examinations last year. However, unlike last year when the examination body invited some of the candidates and principles of colleges, this year because of avoiding …
Read More »High Court stays hearing of UGX 10Bn MPs case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has stayed the hearing of an application challenging the process leading to the allocation of 10 billion Shillings to Members of Parliament for Covid-19 activities. On Tuesday, the head of Civil Division Justice Michael Elubu stayed the application filed by Ntungamo …
Read More »Luweero probation office records 50 domestic violence cases during lockdown
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Luweero district probation office has registered 50 cases of domestic violence during the time of the lockdown which was announced in March, to tame the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the cases were registered in the areas of Luweero, Wobulenzi and Bombo …
Read More »Police to spend UGX 292Bn on accommodation, renovating health facilities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has been allocated 292 billion shillings for domestic development in the 2020/2021 financial year starting next month. The development budget has been increased by 32.8 percent compared to 196 billion shillings that was given to the force in the 2019/2020 financial …
Read More »Kaabong to use diplomatic approach to recover stolen cattle in Kenya
Kaabong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kaabong district will use a peaceful approach with Kenyan authorities to track stolen cattle that reportedly crossed into Kenya. Kaabong Resident District Commissioner and chairperson of the district security committee John Rex Achilla says his office, the office of the district chairperson and UPDF …
Read More »Kampala Archdiocese asks parents to teach catechism at home
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Archdiocese has called upon guardians and parents to undertake the catechetical instruction and subsequent formation for their children during the lockdown so that they keep the initiation of the faith uninterrupted even during the COVID-19 lockdown. Catechetical instruction is a very important component …
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