NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Enhancing value addition in Agriculture, Tourism, Minerals, Oil and Gas and human capital development have been outlined as the new strategic areas for boosting the development of the country over the next five years. Additional focus will be put on strengthening the private sector …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Uganda is showcasing  faith, adventure and film tourism at the Akwaaba Africa Travel Market in Nigeria which started on September 22 and ends today September 24, 2019, according to a media release distributed by Uganda Tourism Board dated Sept.20. Team Uganda is led by the Minister of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have been instructed to arrest Frantile Rwamusaayi, the Divisional Police Commander of Katwe, to appear before the court as a witness in the murder of musician Moses Ssekibogo alias Mowzey Radio. The summons issued on Tuesday morning came after Rwamusaayi failed to appear …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of teachers are struggling to verify their documents with just three months left to the deadline for the National teacher’s online registration. The registration is part of the Teacher Management and Information System (TMIS) exercise introduced by the Education Ministry last year, to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Standby Force is mooting for the construction of marine rescue centres. The force, formerly Eastern Africa Standby Brigade, is one of the five regional forces for Peace Support Operations consisting of military, police and civilian component. Its member states include Uganda, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kidepo valley National Park in Karamoja region has registered an increase in the number of tourist visits. Bradford Ochieng, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer Uganda Tourism Board [UTB], says a total of 13,000 tourists visited the wildlife protected area in the last financial year. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened security in Hoima district as the campaigns for the woman MP by-elections climax.  The elections are scheduled for Thursday this week. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, the Kyadondo East Member of parliament and leader of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A second experimental Ebola vaccine, manufactured by Johnson & Johnson is due to be introduced in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This vaccine, which is given as a 2-dose course, 56 days apart, will be provided under approved protocols to targeted at-risk populations in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Federation of Medical Interns has criticized a move by the Health Ministry to change the training program from focusing on practical lessons in the four specialties of Surgery, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology to only two programs. Samuel Kigula, the President of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Intensive Care Unit-ICU at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital is dysfunctional due to lack of solar batteries to power the unit. Aisha Lubega Aligawesa, the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Nursing at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, says the unit has been dysfunctional for two …