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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) has requested additional funding to help cater for the unit cost of assessment of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) trainees and the completion of the UBTEB Assessment Centre Construction Project. Speaking at the release of April-May …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | There is concern that the suspension by the World Bank of new loans to Uganda could influence other development finance institutions to take similar actions. If that happens, the country could be forced to take drastic measures and options to avoid the possible impact. …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lack of a neurologist is crippling the services at Kabale regional referral hospital. A neurologist is a medical doctor who diagnoses, treats, and manages disorders of the brain and nervous system. The hospital received a CT scan machine from the Ministry of Health …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | 4,671 candidates enrolled by the Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) missed the April/May TVET exams. According to UBTEB’s data, out of the 13,209 candidates registered across 262 examination centers for the final program exams, 8,538 sat for the exams, while 4,671 candidates …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice, Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has warned judicial officers against wearing clothes that are partisan. It is the first time that the head of the Judiciary is coming out to talk about what judges should wear under their robes According to Owiny-Dollo, clothes colored …

A team of engineering and computer science students at Makerere University in Uganda has developed a low-cost air quality monitoring system now being used to combat air pollution across eight countries SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | A technology developed by a group of tech-savvy engineering and computer science students …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has tasked schools and heads of institutions in the Acholi Subregion to monitor the procurement of quality grains for feeding their learners in a bid to promote their safety. The call comes amidst concerns about the quality …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Police officer, Gilbert Arinaitwe Bwana, that pepper sprayed Dr Kizza Besigye after smashing the window of his car with a pistol twelve years ago, has been remanded to Luzira prison. Arinaitwe Bwana, who in 2015 was also in court over family violence, is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender and the NSSF are mobilizing labor inspectors to ensure that all employers contribute workers’ savings to the fund. This is part of the efforts to ensure that all workers across the country comply with the recent amendments to the NSSF …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  MultiChoice Uganda, the home of great Pay-Tv entertainment, has launched a drama series dubbed Damalie, in its continued effort to give viewers more the finest of local Ugandan films. The exciting drama which immerses audiences into another high-quality Ugandan production, premiered at a launch …