Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Courts will close by 4pm on Fridays every week to enable judicial officers perform physical exercises for better mental and body health. Judges, magistrates, registrars and all top management of the judiciary will be in involved in three hour work outs in …
Read More »COSAFA: Uganda’s six-star Nalukenge humiliates Mauritius in Girls U17
Sept 22 Uganda đź”´ 11 -0 Mauritius 🔵 0 Port Luis, Mauritius | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda U17 Women’s national football team put up a dominant at the ongoing COSAFA U17 Women’s Championship to dispatch hosts Mauritius 11-0 on Sunday. Right from the onset at the St. Francois Xavier …
Read More »‘Up to 35% of Yaka metres cheat consumers’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Do you feel cheated by your Yaka metre when it comes to your electricity consumption rate? You are probably right as research by Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) indicates that 35% of electricity metres used by industrialists and 15% by domestic users are …
Read More »Ugandans thrill guests at JAMAFEST in Dar
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ugandan delegation at the East African Community Arts and Culture Festival JAMAFEST put up a thrilling show of cultural dances on the first day of the regional fair taking place in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam. It’s the fourth time …
Read More »The United States 2018 ‘Report to the Ugandan People’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The U.S. Mission last week presented its third annual ‘Report to the Ugandan People’, which explains what Washington is doing to help Ugandans create a better future for themselves. In FY2018, the US Government provided $896 million (UGX 3.3 trillion) in assistance to the Ugandan people to advance …
Read More »Districts affected by malaria cut by half
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people testing positive for malaria is going down, far away from the surge that was experienced with the onset of rains in June. The disease had affected half of the country by August with 65 districts reporting increased hospital admissions and …
Read More »School Director and headmaster arrested for failing to register candidates
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kitgum district is holding the director and deputy headteacher of Crane Integrated College; a private school in Pager division, Kitgum Municipality over the alleged theft and extortion. The arrest follows complaints raised against the of the school administrators by parents whose children …
Read More »Kampala Police hunts marijuana dealers in Nakawa, Kira
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Metropolitan Police are hunting for suspected drug dealers in the slums of Nakawa Division, in Kampala and Kira Municipality, Wakiso District. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango said the hunt for drug dealers follows a revelation by a marijuana farmer William Babigambe who …
Read More »Mbarara residents protest new garbage collection fees
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Â Residents of Mbarara Municipality are protesting a move by the authorities to introduce garbage collection fees. The fees recently introduced by the authorities vary between 500 and 10,000 shillings depending on the quantity of garbage generated from a homestead. The money in question is paid …
Read More »‘Ebola strikes Dar, but Tanzania not sharing information’
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |Â The World Health Organization has accused Tanzania of failing to provide information on suspected cases of Ebola in the country, potentially styming efforts to curb the spread of the deadly virus. The WHO said it had learned on September 10 of a suspected case of …
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