Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  & URN |  The government will spend sh27 billion on the ongoing baseline education census. The exercise that commenced on 7th April 2025, seeks to have research-based evidence about the current status of the education sector. The census started early this week with the Greater …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Jerry Bagaya, the Academic Registrar of Gulu University, has encouraged parents and students to utilize the newly introduced affirmative action for disadvantaged schools to join the University under the direct entry scheme. In the last academic year, Gulu University started allocating 10 admission …

  Kinshasa, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | DRC President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi has reiterated his commitment to a friendly relationship with neigbours Uganda. He said Uganda’s commitment to diplomatic representation, is an affirmation of commitment to strengthening the good and friendly bilateral relations between the two countries. Tshisekedi was speaking Thursday …

  Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Resident District and City Commissioners (RDCs/RCCs) in Eastern Uganda have been accused of misusing government airtime provided by broadcasters for public education. The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Act of 2013 mandates all radio and television stations to allocate one hour of free airtime …

Kampala, Uganda | Apophia Agiresaasi Global Press Journal Uganda |  Days after an emergency cesarean section at a private clinic, Barbara Kwarikunda experienced excruciating pain. “I couldn’t eat,” she says. “I would feel pain whenever someone touched me. My stomach was swollen. I felt like something was bursting in my uterus.” Visits to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Insurance Industry has been advised to focus on cheap and convenient means of payment for services to boost penetration. Dr Augustus Nuwagaba, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda, says all industries today are innovating in payments, primarily through digitisation, because the …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on East African Community (EAC) Affairs has called for the creation and deployment of a professional joint force at entry points of all partner states so as to end border conflicts. The Committee, headed by  James Nsaba Buturo argued that despite …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority’s City Hall Court Senior Principal Grade One Magistrate Nicholas Aisu has allowed an application by musician Moses Ssali, popularly known as Bebe Cool, permitting police to examine comedian Alex Muhangi’s YouTube channels over allegations of copyright infringement. The court …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has raised concerns over what they term as punitive and discriminatory bail conditions being handed down by judicial officers across the country. Speaking at the weekly press briefing in Kampala, Public Interest Lawyer Amos Kuuku decried the growing trend of …

JERUSALEM | Xinhua |  Direct flights between Beijing and Tel Aviv resumed on Thursday, as a Hainan Airlines aircraft successfully landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv early in the morning, marking the end of an 18-month hiatus. According to Yu Chaojie, president of Hainan Airlines, the resumed Beijing-Tel …