Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Private school teachers have expressed uncertainty about the funding availed by the government through the Microfinance Support Centre, to help them overcome the challenges they are facing amidst the ongoing closure of schools.  The government has availed 22 billion Shillings to be injected in several …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Budadiri West MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi has reached an agreement with the Institute of Certified Public Accounts of Uganda -ICPAU which will see his application for a practising certificate considered and his name included on the new council members. This effectively brings to a stop …

Jinja,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen at Rippon falls along Lake Victoria in Jinja were excited by a floating bicycle which was launched by project X youth innovators on Thursday afternoon.  Project X youth innovators is a team of six university graduates who devised means of earning income by introducing …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | At least  463 million children,  a third of the world’s schoolchildren, are unable to access remote learning after COVID-19 shuttered their schools, according to a new UNICEF report released on Thursday as countries wrestle with their ‘back-to-school’ plans. At the height of nationwide and local lockdowns, nearly 1.5 billion schoolchildren were affected …

Bundibugyo,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | At least 200 houses have been submerged in Kisuba Sub County, Bundibugyo district, in another wave of flash floods that have ravaged the district. The floods followed a heavy downpour that pounded the area on Wednesday and Thursday. “The floods have left the area devastated; crops …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation ANT is still struggling to address the multiple applications from its members seeking endorsement to contest for the same positions in the forthcoming general election. Several positions have attracted more than one aspirant, seeking the flag from the same party, …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Economic ministers from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) members on Thursday welcomed the robust growth of their bilateral trade and investment despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the 19th AEM (ASEAN Economic Ministers)-MOFCOM (China’s Ministry of Commerce) Consultations held via …

Kampala,  Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Youth leaders want the number of their representatives in parliament increased to eight, a move they say will strengthen and empower youth political participation across the country. The youth are currently represented by five legislators, four drawn from each of the four regions and one …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   Sao Paulo vice captain Dani Alves has undergone surgery to repair a broken right forearm, the Brazilian Serie A club said on Thursday. The 37-year-old suffered the injury in the second half of his team’s 1-0 home victory over Athletico Paranaense on Wednesday, a result …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   The White House has beefed up security ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech to accept the Republican Party’s renomination from the South Lawn on Thursday night, while protesters are expected to stage demonstrations in the capital city. The Secret Service said in a statement …