Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The House of Bishops of the Church of Uganda has elected Rev. Pons Ozelle as the new Bishop of Nebbi Diocese. He replaces Rt. Rev. Alphonse Watho-kudi, who succumbed to Covid-19 in January, leaving the diocese to retired Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi, as the care-taker …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Educationists and retired academicians have poked holes in the radical overhaul of teacher education in Uganda, as the government moves to implement the 2019 National Teacher Policy. They say that although the new policy has a lot of good notions that might uplift the quality …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers will in December enroll the first participants in a clinical trial in which they are testing the effectiveness of a new HIV drug, Lenacapavir in protecting people against the virus. This study will be conducted in four districts of Mityana, Masaka, Hoima and Kalangala …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Gulu district have expressed concern over late reporting to work and the wastage of resources by civil servants who still commute far away from their workplaces. Apart from commuting from far, the residents have observed that most health workers across the different health …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education is seeking for secondary schools to attach students who had opted to join Primary Teachers Colleges-PTC. Every year, the 46 PTCs have been admitting at least 9,200 students with each college accommodating a maximum of 200 students in a given academic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the country awaits President Yoweri Museveni’s COVID-19 update this Thursday, a team of experts are calling on the government to fix the pandemic management gaps and return peoples’ lives to normal. The experts included; Sonia Elijah, former BBC Researcher and investigative journalist, with a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Finance, Amos Lugoloobi has revealed that the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has taken responsibility for shootings that left one person dead and two others injured in Arua district during altercations between staff of the Authority and the local community. The …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Kasese district have warned residents to avoid travelling at night. The warning follows two separate bomb explosions on Saturday and Monday. On Saturday, an explosion went off at Digida pork joint in Komamboga, killing one person. Two days later, an explosive device …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition-LOP in Parliament Mathias Mpuuga, has tasked President Yoweri Museveni to present a scorecard for the 10 security measures undertaken to secure Ugandans at the height of gun violence in the country. Mpuuga made the demand during the Wednesday press conference at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has been heightened in all bus parks in Kampala in the wake of Monday’s explosion on a bus. The explosive device went off in a Swift Bus as it travelled through Lungala in Mpigi district. The joint security agencies on Tuesday described the explosion …