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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from Karamoja region have called for a review of the security strategy for the area following increased insecurity characterized by cattle rustling. The MPs were on Tuesday, 7 December 2021 appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs chaired by …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A primary school teacher in Luwero district is in trouble for defiling a nine-year-old pupil who was entrusted to him for private coaching. The suspect is 28-year-old Richard Obonyo, a teacher at Child Care Primary School in Kikyusa town council. He is accused of defiling …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More boys dropped out of school after the first school closure, according to the National Assessment Progress in Education-NAPE report. Uganda went under the first lockdown resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic between March and September 2020. The lockdown impacted learners and teachers in different ways. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers studying Uganda’s homemade COVID-19 vaccines reveal encountering huge challenges accessing mice to be able to test their candidate drugs. This comes after Science and Innovations Minister Dr. Monica Musenero was recently bashed over revelations of acquiring each mouse at 8 Million Shillings. The scientists …

Pallisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Pallisa district have arrested 27 people for allegedly assaulting two police officers. The officers have been identified as Samuel Kiseka and Ibra Alyomu, attached to Field Force Unit and are currently receiving treatment from Pallisa General hospital. Immaculate Alaso, the Bukedi North …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in Parliament has asked the government to treat the ongoing strike by doctors as a matter of urgency. Batuwa Timothy Lusala, the Shadow Minister for Health raised the issue during the afternoon plenary sitting. In his statement, the Jinja South Division West MP …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The jailed Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya has pleaded with the Masaka Magistrates Court to reign in over prison authorities whom he accuses of violating his rights to perform prayers. Ssegirinya who is on remand at Murchison Bay prison in Luzira appeared before …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition political parties under the Inter-party Organization for Dialogue-IPOD have asked the government to implement resolutions that were passed by the IPOD summit. The call was made on Tuesday at Mestil Hotel in Kampala where IPOD member parties converged to welcome a new member-the People’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are up to 100,000 undocumented refugees in Kampala city, the Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has revealed. He was launching a report by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), on rural-urban migration. According to Lukwago, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA discovered the huge number of undocumented refugees while …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has been urged to allow private schools access a defined percentage of the already disbursed US $285 million capitation grant for renovation of schools in preparation for teaching and learning. The Minister for Education and Sports recently announced that all schools in the country would …