Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rights activists have reignited the demand to regulate school fees. The call comes over a week after the State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo told Parliament that there would be no such policy by the government. At the 10th annual national conference …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Atiak Sugar Factory intends to gradually change to another sugarcane variety, more suited to irrigation and resistant to fires. The old sugar cane variety was a mixture of two varieties, NCO-245 and 511, which were rain-fed and prone to fires. However, the new varieties, which …
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Aguuda Moses (NUP) – 3,972 Mugisha Uthman (NRM) – 18,353 Mugume Lenos (Ind) – 179 Muhumuza V Savana (Ind) – 12,271 Musinguzi Patrick (FDC) – 271 Voter turnout — 36% Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uthman Mubarak Kadir Mugisa of the National Resistance Movement-NRM Party has been declared the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lawyer representing 19 individuals accused of manufacturing, planting, and detonating Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at Kampala Central Police Station (CPS) and the IPS building approximately two years ago has requested the International Crimes Division of the High Court to dismiss terrorism charges against …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Solicitor General has approved a request by the Electricity Regulatory Authority– ERA to involve independent private investors in the electricity transmission network. Eng. Ziria Tibalwa Waako, the ERA’s Chief Executive Officer told URN that in the emerging markets of the Independent Power Transmission …
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Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawrence Lule Tindamanyire, 80, a retired employee of the East African Community (EAC), is facing financial hardship due to his inability to access his full pension from the government. Tindamanyire, a resident of Karama village, Bunono parish, Nyarushanje sub-county in Rukungiri district, began his …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muni University has appointed Associate Professor Simon Anguma Katrini as its new Vice Chancellor for a 5-year term, following the passing of Professor Christine Dranzoa, the founding Vice Chancellor, on June 28, 2022. In a September 13, 2023 press statement, the University’s Senior Communications …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Grain processors and traders have accused government agencies of not doing enough in the fight for quality grain and other agricultural products and exports. It comes as the government intensifies efforts to restore the market stability following the rejections of maize flour on the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform-NUP party president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has vowed to continue with his countrywide mobilisation tours despite a ban from the Uganda Police Force. Speaking to journalists at his offices in Kampala Thursday, Kyagulanyi said the police orders can’t be respected …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justus Balyanyuka’s journey toward higher education was painted with dreams of opportunities when he secured a coveted government scholarship to study at Uganda Cooperative College in Tororo. But the reality, hidden beneath the glossy surface of this scholarship, left him disheartened and questioning the true …
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