Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Higher Education Students’ Financing Board (HESFB) revealed that it will not receive applications for study loans for the academic year 2023/24. This was announced in a notice issued on Thursday by the HESFB executive director, Michael Wanyama. Wanyama attributed the decision to budget shortfalls, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) trashed media reports claiming bad blood between the country’s statistics body and United States Embassy in Kampala over Uganda Demographic Health Survey funding. Earlier media reports suggested that Uganda’s Demographic Health Survey would be jeopardized over the withdrawal of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East Africa Community Affairs, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga disclosed that the Government of Uganda is to make the Kiswahili language a compulsory and examinable subject in primary and secondary schools. Kadaga made the remarks while addressing journalists …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Catherine Sozi was appointed as the UN Resident Coordinator in Mozambique by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. With the host government’s approval, she took up her assignment on July 1, 2023. Sozi brings more than 18 years of cumulative international experience and results at the UN …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Danish Embassy in Kampala insisted that holders of the new Ugandan new polycarbonate passports will not receive Visa approvals until the verification process is done. Only holders of the older version which Ugandan authorities stopped issuing in 2019 are the ones being considered for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament upped the number of High Court judges from the current 83 to 151, after agreeing with Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Hon. Norbert Mao on the need for higher numbers on the bench to ease case backlogs. This followed the approval of a motion …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has declared illegal the attempted removal of Usher Wilson Owere as the Chairman General of the National Organisation of Trade Unions (NOTU) by a section of the organization’s leadership. In November 2022, a group led by the NOTU Secretary-General Peter Werike and Deputy …

Fort portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pope Francis has officially accepted the resignation and subsequent retirement of Bishop Joseph Mugenyi Sabiiti Apuuli, who has faithfully served as the Auxiliary Bishop of the diocese of Fort Portal for 24 years. This significant decision was announced by the Holy See Press Office …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-two drivers from various rally clubs nationwide participated in the first round of this year’s MOIL Eastern Motor Club-EMC hold in Jinja and Mayuge districts on Saturday. The drivers, divided into two-wheel and four-wheel categories, were flagged off for a 24-kilometer track starting from Lwanda …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | The African Union (AU) Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) said its forces killed two al-Shabaab militants and recovered weapons during an ambush on Friday evening in Beled Amin, southwestern Somalia. The ATMIS said in a statement issued on Saturday that the militants had tried to launch …