Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Karamojong elders have asked local leaders in the region to find homegrown solutions to stop their children from flocking the streets of Kampala and other towns. The elders say the influx of children mainly from Napak district to the streets can be traced to historical …
Read More »U.S. court pauses release of Trump White House records sought by House Jan. 6 panel
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily paused the release of the Donald Trump administration records sought by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, one day before some of the records were due to be transferred from the National Archives. A …
Read More »Proposal for Lord Mayor’s forest stirs controversy in KCCA council
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Controversy emerged in the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA council, following a proposal by the City Executive Committee for the establishment of a Lord Mayor’s forest. According to the proposal, the Kampala District Land Board had been tasked to identify at least three acres of land …
Read More »South African Parliament mourns passing of last apartheid president FW de Klerk
De Klerk, the last president of apartheid South Africa and key actor in the country’s transition to democracy, has died Cape Town, South Africa | Xinhua | The presiding officers of the parliament of South Africa on Thursday extended their condolences to the family of South Africa’s last apartheid president, FW …
Read More »Sudanese army chief issues decree forming transitional Sovereign Council
Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Thursday issued a constitutional decree forming a transitional Sovereign Council, headed by himself, Sudan TV reported. The decree stipulated naming Al-Burhan as Chairman of the Sovereign Council, and Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daqlu as deputy chairman. …
Read More »No funds to support private schools – Education ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports says it cannot provide financial support to private education institutions that have been hit hard by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meeting Members of Parliament on the Education Committee on Thursday, the Commissioner Private Schools at the Ministry, …
Read More »Government allocates land to India for construction of Mahatma Gandhi centre
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 20 acres of land have been appropriated to the government of India to construct a Mahatma Gandhi centre in Entebbe and a cultural center in Jinja city. Speaking to journalists in Kampala following his meeting with Shri Muraleedharan, the Indian State Minister for …
Read More »KCCA passes 441.79 billion budget amidst protest of meager allocations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA council has passed a Shillings 441.79 billion budget for the financial year 2022/2023, but leaders are still unhappy about the meager allocations. The Executive Secretary for Finance and Administration, John Ssebuwufu presented the budget before the council highlighting key items …
Read More »Education service commission planning regional recruitment of teachers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Service Commission is considering regional recruitment of teachers. Unlike in the primary sub-sector where the recruitment process was decentralized with school staff employed to work in a specific district, deployment of staff in secondary schools is centralized and a teacher can be appointed …
Read More »Speaker Oulanyah calms MPs over President’s remarks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah, has spoken out on the President’s warning to MPs that have made allegations of corruption against the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero. Presiding over the plenary sitting on Thursday, 11 November 2021, Oulanyah said the President’s …
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