Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kira municipal council has passed a resolution for elevation to city status. The municipal mayor, Julius Mutebi Nsubuga moved the motion for the elevation of the municipality to a cultural and religious city. He explained that elevating Kira municipality to city status will enhance the tourism …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has started a nationwide validation exercise of staff in public schools. Recently, the Uganda National Teacher’s Union-UNATU requested the government to make an update of its payroll to ascertain the teachers who will be available when the schools reopen. Filbert …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patrick Bakka Male, the outgoing headteacher of Kings College Budo has passed on. Male passed on today morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital, where he was admitted on Monday after suffering a stroke. “With profound shock and a deep sense of sadness I inform you of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party-DP has started its internal process to identify candidates vying to represent the party in the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA. This is in preparation for next year’s EALA elections. Addressing journalists on Tuesday at the party headquarters at City House, the DP Secretary-General Gerald …
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Teachers have been suffering from anxiety about the future and economic uncertainty Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of private schools have asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to offer psychosocial support to teachers. Since March 2020 when the government closed all educational institutions following the outbreak of Covid-19, teachers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans have been encouraged to exercise increased vigilance in their communities owing to the on-going threats to security in the country. While addressing the House sitting on Tuesday, Deputy speaker Anita Among called for more information saying, “it is not an easy time but we have …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An Asian businessman has been found dead in his apartment in Mbarara city. Rwizi region police spokesperson Samson Kasasira identifies the deceased as 50-year-old Tana Tijas Dhrajilal, a resident of Rugazi cell, Mbarara city South division. According to Kasasira, Tijas’ lifeless body was recovered from his …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo Woman Member of Parliament Sarah Opendi has secured leave of parliament to introduce the surrogacy bill. Surrogacy is an arrangement where a woman agrees to carry a pregnancy for another person who will or become the actual parent. The proposed law will look at sperm …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internal fights over jobs and money are to blame for the challenges affecting Uganda Railways Corporation-URC, the State Minister for Transport, Fred Byamukama has revealed. He revealed this during his visit to the URC station in Kampala to inspect the ongoing repairs of the triangular section …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MPs on the Committee on Budget are scrutinising a Shs3.8 trillion supplementary budget with Shs1.3 trillion already spent as being within the limit allowed by the Public Finance Management Act. Section 25(1) of the Public Finance Management Act allows accounting officers, subject to the approval of …
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