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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rehabilitation of the Kampala-Namanve railway is finally entering the last phase. This stretch, which is part of the Kampala-Mukono line was scheduled for completion in September, but “unforeseen circumstances” delayed it, according to John Linonn Sengendo, the Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) spokesman. He said, …

TODAY – Tuesday, November 28 ➡12.00 – Mass St Angela Bugema WEDNESDAY November 29 ➡ 6.00pm –Mass at Home. Official vigil. THURSDAY November 30 ➡9.00am – Requiem Mass at Christ the King FRIDAY December 1 ➡10.00am – Official burial at home Nyamiyaga 01, Nyarurambi Parish, Nyamirama Sub County West Kinkizi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  An expert at the ongoing 4th Annual Conference of the African Pension Supervisors Association (APSA) in Kampala has said urgent steps need to be taken to reverse a trend in which the continent has only 10% pension coverage of its population. Sundeep Raichura, Group Chief …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stress Clinic, an entertainment project will officially kick off on November 29 at the Uganda Manufacturers Association base in Lugogo, some 4km from Kampala City Centre, the organisers said on Monday. Winnie Nwagi and Maddox Sematimba are some of the big artists …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) training session came to an unexpected halt on Monday after a group of Center Coordinating Tutors (CCT) raised concern about inadequate accommodation and unclear communication from the organizers. The CCTs all returned home. The Center Coordinating Tutors had …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has granted a sh1 million cash bail to Stanley Ssendegeya, the former managing director of Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) who is facing forgery charges. Court presided over by Sienna Owomugisha granted him bail Monday after finding that his sureties …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 400 young individuals have been empowered through solar installation and Productive Use of Electricity (PUE) training sessions, a testament to the success of the ‘VET Toolbox’ project. This initiative, under the umbrella of the GIZ WE4D (German Development Cooperation – Employment Promotion for Women …

Freetown, Sierra Leone | XINHUIA |  Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio said late Sunday that all the leaders involved in an earlier attack on major military barracks in Freetown, the country’s capital, have been arrested. In a national address, Bio said the attackers had been repelled by a combined …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Top national economic statistics generating agencies have come together to form a single platform that would ensure accurate and more acceptable indicators. Apart from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the other major producers of national statistics are the Bank of Uganda (BOU) and …