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Unpacking the homeschooling package for non-finalist learners

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | As candidates prepare to return to their respective schools, their counterparts in non-finalist classes will be learning from home in what the government has termed; the homeschooling programme.     However, many parents and approximately 12.7 million learners at primary and secondary levels that have had …

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Protective wall at Kitubulu road section completed

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority- UNRA has erected a retaining wall at Kitubulu section along the Entebbe-Kampala road.   The wall, 120 metres long and 2 metres deep, is expected to protect the road from flooding caused by the increasing water levels of Lake Victoria. In …

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Kagadi district receives 341,197 face masks

Kagadi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Health has delivered 341,197 face masks to Kagadi district.  This is the first batch of face masks to be delivered to the district ever since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country in March. The distribution of face masks is part of …

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Entebbe airport reopens with 12 flights on day one

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Entebbe International Airport will receive 12 commercial passenger flights today, October 1, 2020, the first day of reopening the airport, after a six months lull. The incoming flights include Turkish, RwandAir, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, Tarco Air and FlyDubai, among others.  The airport was partially closed …

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Namanve central forest reserve partitioned into plots

Mukono Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 300 people have encroached on the Namanve Central Forest Reserve in Seeta town. The forest, gazetted in 1932 measures more than 2,000 hectares, and according to environmentalists, more than 20 acres of it have been surrounded off.  The occupied land used to contain …

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Experts ask politicians to stop offering ambulance services

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Commissioner of Emergency Medical Services Dr John Baptist Waniaye has revealed that he is facing gross resistance from politicians in his quest to sanitize ambulance services in the country. Waniaye said this on Wednesday as he met a team of researchers who have conducted …

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Fishermen in Amolatar decry low fish catch

Amolatar, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Fishermen in Kampala landing site, Amolatar District are counting loses despite the resumption of fishing on Lake Kyoga.  Last month, fishing resumed on Lake Kyoga after the ban which was imposed by the government to enable the upgrade of fishing gears and materials like boats …

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Gandhi centre project delay, bank loan interest Anger Migereko

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda Tourism Board is yet to utilize an offer from India for the construction of the Mahatma Gandhi Heritage Centre.  The donation was announced when the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visited Uganda in 2018, in commemoration of the Asian country’s 150th-anniversary celebrations. …

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