Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Abbott, a global healthcare leader, this week hosted a media round table to discuss the prevalence and impact of hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) in sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of the round table was to raise awareness around a disease that …
Read More »Archbishop Emeritus Denis Kiwanuka of Tororo is Dead
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo Diocese Denis Kiwanuka Lote, 84, has died. Lote died on Sunday at Nsambya. The demise of the second metropolitan of Tororo was announced by The Most Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Obbo. The deceased has for the last two weeks been …
Read More »Educationalists task Govt on continuous training of teachers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts in the education sector have tasked the government with continuous training for the teachers after the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the educationalists, teachers were hit hard during the lockdown, but most of the interventions to recover from the effects of the pandemic have …
Read More »SCHOOLS: Continuous assessment will be a challenge for external mocks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools have said that the continuous assessment system under the new abridged curriculum is not the best alternative for the external mocks banned by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry last year banned external mock examinations prior to their Uganda National Examination Board – …
Read More »International charity starts initiative to link PWDs to jobs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Light for the World, a global disability NGO has started a career fair to link graduates living with various forms of disabilities to employment. This follows a survey that found out that less than 15% of PWDs practice their professions even when they excel …
Read More »MPs push for release of Sh440 billion for Entebbe Airport expansion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Committee on Physical Infrastructure wants the government to release Sh440 billion for the second phase of upgrading and expansion of Entebbe International Airport. The committee Chairperson David Karubanga says the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-UCAA has completed close to 80 percent of the …
Read More »UPDF, ASTU recover 240 guns from cattle rustlers in eight months
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) have revealed that over 243 guns have been recovered from cattle rustlers in Karamoja since the launch of forceful disarmament in July last year. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordered for forceful disarmament of …
Read More »Entebbe passenger terminal: MPs query army engineering brigade’s capacity to complete works
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Physical Infrastructure have queried the ability of the army engineering brigade to complete the modification of the passenger terminal building at Entebbe International Airport. The modification of the passenger terminal building is one of the projects that Uganda Civil …
Read More »Court imposes sanctions on lawyers who reject service of case files
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has ruled that in future, lawyers who refuse to receive court documents on behalf of their clients should be held personally accountable for their decision and pay costs in such cases. This land mark decision was made on Friday by a …
Read More »MPs want revamp of National Seed Company
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has called for the revamp of the National Seed Company to curb counterfeit agricultural products on the market. Chairperson Janet Okori Moe, who presented the committee report on the Ministerial Policy Statement and Budget Estimates for …
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