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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Teachers Union-UNATU has recommended an extension of the primary school cycle by one year and cutting the time spent in the lower secondary from four to three years. This is part of UNATU’s memorandum to the Education Policy Review Commission, which is …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |   Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has commissioned a Sh17.6 billion top-of-the-line logistics warehouse and empties handstand at a ceremony presided over by the Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) – John Musinguzi. The warehouse will improve the business’s logistics and storage capacity in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda plans to leverage on the Kampala Marathon to market the East African nation as an ideal tourism destination. This follows a partnership between the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities and MTN Uganda for the upcoming MTN Kampala Marathon slated for Sunday 20 November …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luwero district has rolled out the electronic tax administration system so as to fight leakages and enhance revenue collections. In the financial year 2021/22, urban councils and the district collected 2.4 out of 4.063 billion shillings target as local revenue. At least 1.7 billion shillings …

Kayunga, Uganda | Xinhua | In many homesteads in central Uganda, jackfruit trees are common in gardens. When the day’s meal is late, children, especially in rural areas, resort to eating the ripe fruit as they wait. Sometimes, extra jackfruits are given to animals as feed. With changing times, farmers have …

President says tourists don’t have to cancel their visits to Uganda as the Ebola outbreak is localized to only 6 out of the country’s 146 districts Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has banned trucks carrying timber logs from entering or leaving Mubende and Kassanda districts the epiceter …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two female students of Soroti Secondary School are in trouble for the alleged theft of Shillings 5 million from their relative. The duo, whose names have been withheld since they are minors, were dragged to the office of the Soroti Senior Probation Officer, Amos Oluka …

In his article, Oboth was insensitive to the feelings of our other ethnic groups such as the Banyole, Bagwere, Basamia, Iteso and Bagisu who consider Tororo equally their ancestral town. COMMENT | Alfred Geresom Musamali | In his article entitled “Tororo must start thinking big,” published in The Independent Magazine website recently, Jackson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has started the repossession of Kiseka market land amidst protests from vendors who leased it 11 years ago. Around 7:30am on Tuesday, a joint security team comprising heavily armed police and UPDF backed by plain-clothed men carrying sticks stormed Kiseka market …

Alebtong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Adwir sub county in Alebtong district are living in fear due to presence of stray lions in their area. On Sunday, locals discovered a carcass of a cow and footmarks of what appears to be a lion and a cub. The lions are …