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  Burial – James Odongo Arch.Emeritus Tororo ✳ Dec 6 – Requiem Mass Lubaga Cathedral 3.30pm ✳ Dec 7 – Body St. Austin, Mbale 3pm ✳ Dec 8 – Requiem Mass St Austin 12.00pm ✳ Dec 8 – Body Cathedral Tororo 4pm ✳ Dec 9 – Mass of Christian burial …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank spells a gloomy picture of Uganda’s economy this year, urging the government to mind its spending plans and increase the domestic revenue mobilization. The 16th Uganda Economic Update shows that Uganda’s economy will contract by 1 percent in the calendar year 2020, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has issued a revised calendar marking major events including semesters, graduation, holidays and recess. The move follows the unprecedented nationwide closure of academic institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic which affected the academic calendar. The revised calendar was approved by the University Senate …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has extended the contract of Face Technologies that is mandated to issue driving permits.   On Tuesday, the Ministry of Works and Transport said that all its regional driving permits issuance offices at Jinja, Mbale Gulu, Arua, Fort Portal and Mbarara would be closed …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has finalized its application to join countries and organizations globally that are pooling together resources to fast track the development, production and procurement of COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. According to Dr Alfred Driwale who heads the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunisation (UNEPI) …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Independent Presidential candidate Nancy Linda Kalembe has promised a comprehensive reparation program to survivors of the Lord’s Resistance Army – LRA rebels atrocities. Kalembe, who, since Tuesday has been meeting small groups of people in Acholi to back up her bid for President in 2021 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of youths in Kwania district have welcomed the pledge by presidential candidate Nancy Linda Kalembe to create jobs. During her campaign trail in Lango region, Kalembe made several pledges that include fighting corruption, stopping land grabbing, improving teacher’s welfare, better health for youths and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Research conducted on one fifth of Uganda’s districts found that aspirants for parliament, districts chairs and mayorships had spent at least 250 billion shillings three months before the official campaign kicked off. This would loosely put the expenditure for that level of aspirants in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP party candidates in Acholi sub-region have demanded free and democratic space ahead of the 2021 general polls in the country. Dozens of concerned candidates contesting for district councillor posts and Parliamentary seats under the party’s ticket from Pader, Kitgum, Agago, Nwoya, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medics involved in the treatment of COVID-19 have asked the government to set up follow up clinics. They say the current practice of government discharging patients the moment they test negative leaves many of them experiencing long term effects with no medical care. According to …