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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has criticized the move by Kampala International University (KIU) to stop female nurses and mid wives from sitting for the national examination on grounds of pregnancy. In a memo presented to Parliament by Sarah Opendi, Tororo District MP, KIU was quoted to have instructed …

Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 23-year-old Susan Kyatuhaire, a student of Valley University in Bushenyi district. The lifeless body of the third-year Education student was found lying in front of her room in Kitokye cell, Central division, Bushenyi Ishaka municipality. Martial Tumusiime, …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All roads will lead to Masaka City’s Liberation Ground November 23 for over 5,000 farmers in the region as the Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) hosts a free 3-day exhibition and farmers training. The even will start with an exhibition of the complete livestock value …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister State for Disaster Preparedness, Esther Anyakun, has presented to Parliament the National Disaster Risk Management Plan aimed at preparing the country to manage and prevent disasters better. In the plan presented to Parliament during plenary on Wednesday, 09 November 2022, the minister said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health experts have asked breastfeeding mothers to wean their babies after contracting and being cured of the Ebola virus disease, and introduce them to breastmilk substitutes. They say that continued breastfeeding by a mother even after she has been cured of the Ebola virus disease, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has proposed a meeting between the Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Mathias Mpuuga, and Finance State Minister (Privatisation and Investment) Evelyn Anite, after an unsatisfactory response to the LoP’s concerns on government’s failure to meet its financial obligations. In a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investors in early-stage startups should expand their support to science and technology-based businesses beyond funding to incorporating transfers of skills or value addition post-investment. While delivering the keynote address during the Investor Summit of the 2022 National Science Week at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka Regional Referral Hospital officials are under fire for allegedly condoning extortion by health workers at the facility. The State Minister in Charge of Economic Monitoring, Beatrice Akello Akori, has directed the State House Anti-Corruption Unit and Internal Security Organization-ISO to investigate the complaints of unchecked …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Kafuuzi, has been directed to prepare a statutory instrument intended extend the time of office of the Women Councils. “There is a political vacuum and we need this to be resolved. Can we have that document by next Tuesday?” Speaker …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alfred Oloya, a boda boda rider and resident of Bar Olam village, Pece-Laroo division in Gulu city spent the night in police cells for allegedly defiling his three biological daughters. David Ongom Mudong, the Aswa River Regional Police Spokesperson says that police picked up Oloya …