NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | As children mentorship programs gain popularity and organizers start earning big from initiatives, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development says many of them are holding these as commercial ventures and are not guided on what exactly they are passing on to children. Innocent …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB has withheld results for 1,512 candidates in the Primary Leaving Examinations results which were released this morning. Most of these were cases of external assistance offered to the learners from within the examination room, according to UNEB executive secretary Dan …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The 3rd Division Commander has asked Karamoja elders and peace committee members to be ambassadors of peace and discourage cattle rustling. Brig. Joseph Balikudembe also made a call to the warriors to either voluntarily disarm or be forcefully disarmed. His call follows increased raids among …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The US government is providing USD 100,000 (366 million Shillings) to respond to the needs of disaster-affected people in Uganda as a result of extensive flooding and landslides. This is in response to a request for international support by the government of Uganda. The money, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A section of members of the Physical Infrastructure Committee want tolling on the Kampala- Entebbe Express Highway to start after the 2021 general elections. Uganda acquired US 350 Million Dollars (approximately 1.2 Trillion shillings) from the Exim Bank of China to construct the Kampala-Expressway. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Luweero district police commander Ahmed Musakana has faced a tough time defending the police force for alleged selective application of the Public Order Management Act. This was during a public dialogue organized by Hub for investigative media at Luweero taxi park, last evening. The dialogue, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The climate crisis, persistently high inequalities, rising levels of food insecurity and undernourishment, is affecting the quality of life in many societies and fueling discontent, according to the 2020 World Economic Situation Report. The economic experts behind the report have called for massive adjustments to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda is in final stages of negotiating with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the 10 billion dollars plunder case. In 2005, the United Nation’s International Court of Justice ruled that Uganda violated the sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of Congo and is responsible for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Bright Rwamirama, the State Minister in Charge of Animal Industry has intervened in a dispute on the enforcement of livestock quarantine in Sembabule district. Rwamirama and Dr Rose Ann Edmund, the Commissioner in Charge of Health and her Assistant, Doris Kiconco on Thursday were in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released  the 2019 Primary Leaving Examination, showing overall that more pupils qualified to join post primary institutions than the previous year. This year 617,150 candidates passed the PLE compared to 599,593 the previous year. Minister of Education and Sports, Janet …