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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents and leaders in Luwero have piled pressure on headteachers after the Uganda National Examination Board withheld results for 57 candidates in the district over suspected involvement in malpractices. According to Primary Leaving Examinations results for Luwero, at least 1,622 (11.4%) passed in the First …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister of Higher Education, Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo has told Members of Parliament that the government is unable to take over the management of new schools in the current financial year due to lack of funds. Muyingo was responding to a matter of national importance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, the Vice Chancellor of Makerere University has asked graduands to pick up their transcripts immediately after graduation. Nawangwe who is also the Acting Chancellor was addressing guests at the 74th graduation event on Tuesday.  The one-week-long graduation that started on Monday entered …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has successfully impounded two trucks loaded with fabrics illegally smuggled into the country through porous border points in different parts of Eastern Uganda. The operation, prompted by vigilante tip-offs, resulted in the seizure of fabrics worth millions of Shillings. The smuggled …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Centenary Bank has earlier today committed to positively impacting communities through its Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) agenda. Through its collaboration with INTERPOL that bank recently announced the donation of a state-of-the-art 100-seater tent. This philanthropic gesture aims to enhance INTERPOL’s operational capabilities and …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The relatives of 18  missing supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) have stormed the High Court Civil Division in Kampala demanding their immediate release. The majority of whom are women and children contend that the continued detention of their people allegedly by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Healthcare Federation (UHF) together with the Uganda Insurers Association (UIA) have disclosed plans to mitigate the high gross pay-outs registered annually by the Medical Insurers and Service Providers. The revelation was made during the Medical Service Providers Breakfast Meeting held at Fairway …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy kicked off the process for the third oil field licensing round as part of the efforts to increase the country’s oil reserves. Currently, Uganda has approximately 6.5 billion barrels of oil reserves, with at least 1.4 billion estimated to be economically …

KAMPALA | Xinhua | The fusion of Chinese and Ugandans in a Tai Chi performance here on Sunday at the Chinese New Year celebration was a sign of the deepening people-to-people ties between the two countries. Thousands of Ugandans and the Chinese community thronged Kololo Independence Grounds in the Ugandan …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 13 percent of schools in Uganda have implemented mechanisms to safeguard learners against fire outbreaks and their consequences, according to the latest research findings from the National Buildings Review Board (NBRB). The assessment, conducted between May 2022 and May 2023 in collaboration with …