Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has acknowledged that the Business, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) Strategic Plan 2011 – 2020 also known as Skilling Uganda was started on a wrong footing. The program, launched in 2012, was expected to usher in a …
Read More »Ndorwa west county aspirant withdraws from NRM primaries
Ndorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nicholas Tuesday Arinaitwe, one of the NRM party aspirants for Ndorwa West has withdrawn from the race. Arinaitwe who is the incumbent Nakawa Division Councilor was contesting against David Bahati, the State Minister of Finance for Planning, Simpson Mpiriirwe, Bahati’s former Campaign Manager and Mark …
Read More »Sembabule DPC transferred ahead of NRM primaries
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Denis Musinguzi, the Sembabule District Police Commanders has been transferred a day to the NRM party primaries. Musinguzi has been recalled to the Police Human Resource Directorate for investigations on his mode of operation. He has been replaced by Dickens Bindeeba who has been on …
Read More »IGP Ochola shuffles DPCs, suspends five
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has appointed a new police chief for Entebbe International Airport. Senior Superintendent of Police Paul Kakamba replaces Assistant Commissioner of Police James Ruhweza who in turn replaces him as Kampala Metropolitan South Regional Police Commander. The changes …
Read More »UCU secures free internet services for its e-learning platform
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Christian University has secured an offer for free internet services from MTN-Uganda to support its e-learning program. The University plans to officially resume it’s academic semester online this month after close to six months of inactivity as a result of a lockdown that …
Read More »NRM supporters in Kyenjojo protest deletion of names from party register
Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supporters of National Resistance Movement –NRM in Kyenjojo district on Wednesday afternoon stormed the office of the Resident District Commissioner Apollo Bwebale after they found their names missing from the voters registers. This followed the display of the registers at the different polling stations …
Read More »Four arrested for burning parliamentary aspirants car in Nakaseke
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested four persons for allegedly burning a car belonging to an aspirant for Nakaseke South Parliamentary seat. The car registration number UAQ 227-W belonging to Charles Kawuma Nsereko Basajjassubi, a member of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party was set ablaze last night …
Read More »Ministry of Health launches the Malaria Free Uganda Fund
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has launched a new entity, the Malaria Free Uganda Fund to boost the fight against malaria infections and death. Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng told journalists in Kampala today that the idea of having this new board was …
Read More »Police warns candidates to refrain from violence ahead of NRM primaries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Security Taskforce has warned candidates and their supporters not to involve themselves in violence ahead of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primaries on Friday. Speaking at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Polly Namaye, the Deputy Police Spokesperson said that the joint …
Read More »Arrests, intimidation mar parish youth elections in Kabale
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arrests marred the parish youth elections in Kabale district. The Electoral Commission on Wednesday started conducting polls for parish/ward youth committees in 10,027 parishes across the country. In Kabale, the polls were characterized by arrests, bribery allegations and intimidation. Some of the youths who …
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