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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lapaire, a pioneer in eye care innovation, experienced unprecedented growth in 2024. The company opened 31 new branches, bringing its total network to 91 across its operational regions. By the year’s end, Lapaire had conducted over 275,000 free eye tests, exemplifying its mission to make …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya Prisons Service has hailed Ugandan Corrections Expert Robert Omita Okoth for his key role in enhancing prison safety, humane management and reform in the country over a period of six years. At a brief ceremony on Monday this week, the Commissioner General of Kenya Prisons Patrick …

Kiryandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government, through the Ministry of Works and Transport, is yet to decide on traffic flow over Karuma Bridge as it plans to begin the installation of expansion joints on the bridge deck. Karuma Bridge, which serves as a major link and gateway between Midwestern, Northern …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has classified five districts in Uganda including Rakai, Kyotera, Isingiro, Kalangala and Ntungamo as high risk following an alert from the World Health Organisation of a suspected Marburg outbreak in neighbouring Tanzania. Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng said they …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned against the dangers of politics of tribalism and identity, emphasizing that they will not solve the country’s problems. Speaking at the pass-out ceremony of over 750 Guild student leaders from higher institutions of learning at Nkumba University on Saturday, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met a delegation from the White House at State Lodge, Nakasero. The delegation, accompanied by the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among, comprised Dr. Rollan Roberts, the former US Presidential Candidate, David Woodruff, representing the Senate of West Virginia, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nnabagereka of Buganda, Sylvia Nagginda has reiterated the importance of technology in the celebration and preservation of the kingdom’s cultural heritage. She was speaking the close of this year’s Ekisaakaate Kya Nnaabagereka, that has trained over 600 children aged 6-18 years, both boys and girls …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The latest data on mobile telecommunications services in Uganda shows a mixed picture regarding quality, both some providers improving and others declining. The country has four mobile network operators: Uganda Telecommunications Corporation Ltd (UTeL), MTN, Airtel, and Tangerine Communications Ltd (Lycamobile). The companies are given …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Ltd, and Kyambogo University, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide specialized training in oil and gas. The MoU aims to establish a framework for collaboration between the two parties, supporting the realization of National Content …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in South Sudan on Friday handed back to their Ugandan counterpart 11 herds of cattle stolen by a yet-to-be-identified group of armed men. The animals are part of 24 cattle stolen from a kraal belonging to a cattle keeper in Okidi Parish, …