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Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of the Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI Dr Pontiano Kaleebu has allayed fears that the HIV vaccine trials which were halted early this week in South Africa were not a waste of time. On Monday, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University is in dilemma of fulfilling court’s directive to pay approximately 23 billion shillings to its staff under the Makerere University Retirement Benefits Scheme (MURBS). Until last year, the University Council, the supreme governing body of the institution was stuck with the heavy debt …

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP |  Albert Kunyuku Ngoma was a young Congolese corporal in the colonial Belgian army when he was forced to battle in WWII as far away as Myanmar. Now 97, Ngoma is one of only two surviving former members of the colonial “Public Force” military living in …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The parliamentary health committee plans to hold public hearings to collect views on the National Health Insurance Bill, 2019.  Dr Michael Bukenya, the committee chairperson says that they plan to conduct hearings in the North, West, Eastern and Central Uganda before compiling a report on the …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Religious institutions through the Inter-Medical Bureau Coalition have urged Parliament to include community health insurance schemes in the National Health Insurance Scheme Bill, 2019.  The Inter-Medical Bureau Coalition is made up of 4 faith-based bureaus- Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau, Uganda Muslim Medical Bureau, Uganda Orthodox …

Namisindwa, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kaboole Primary school in Bukhoko Sub County in Namisindwa district is an appalling state. Kaboole Primary School is a government aided school founded by Church of Uganda in the early 60s. It is the only government aided primary school in Kaboole Parish comprising over 12 …

Arua, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Arua district local government has transferred more than 100 primary school Head teachers, their deputies and classroom teachers. Those affected include the sickly that need to move closer to their families for medical attention, those who have overstayed at their current work stations and those …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The International Monetary Fund-IMF has slashed Uganda’s growth projection from 6.3% to 6% this year, citing the country’s challenges to get oil out of the ground and government’s inability to do all budgeted activities.  After assessing the economy, the IMF said Uganda had challenges to …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gender and Culture Affairs Minister, Peace Mutuuzo has discouraged teenage girls from the practice of elongating their labia. According to Mutuuzo, the practice of elongating the labia tampers with body hormones and arouses sexual feelings, which pushes teenage girls into premarital sex leading …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of Parliament have started the process to censure Security Minister General Elly Tumwine over contempt of Parliament. This is after the house debated the committee report that pinned Gen Tumwine for frustrating investigations into torture of Ugandans by blocking MPs from accessing safe houses, …