Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Higher Education Chrysestom Muyingo has urged head teachers not to run away from schools, but engage the thousands of frustrated parents hunting for Senior One places after the recent PLE results were released. “Reports from the field indicate that some of our …

✳ Open SMS. Type UCE <space> Index no ✳ Send to 6600. For example UCE 003400/001 and send to 6600 ✳ Each SMS costs Sh500 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE examinations results have been released today. Candidature increased by 16,063 (4.8%) from 333,396 in 2020 to …

U.S. Mission Releases ‘Report to the Ugandan People’ 60th Anniversary Edition   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The U.S. Mission on Wednesday marked 60 years of USA-Uganda development partnership by releasing a 60th anniversary edition of the ‘Report to the Ugandan People’.  This is the 6th consecutive annual report that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States Ambassador to Uganda, Natalie E. Brown has expressed worry over government’s decision to terminate operations of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda. The concern come a day after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The head of the legal team of the National Unity Platform-NUP party Anthony Wameli is dead. According to a tweet by Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the NUP Party President, Wameli died on Wednesday in the United States of America where he was taken last year to …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) 2022 examination results will be released on Thursday. The ‘Ordinary Level’ exam results will be released by First Lady and Minister of Education Janet Museveni at State House Nakasero. Primary Leaving Exams results were released a fortnight …

Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night amid a sour public mood. This is Biden’s second State of the Union speech since he took office in January 2021 and the first of its kind before a …

Stop spreading half, inaccurate, or even false or fake information as we are witnessing on social media platforms, says Alupo Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vice President Jessica Alupo has called on members of Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) to exercise responsible journalism saying all rights come with a duty …

Museveni and Ramaphosa to attend summit Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) in patnership with Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Cooperatives, Privatisation and Investment is organizing a Uganda- South Africa Trade, Tourism, and Investment Summit  February 27th – 1st March 2023 in Pretoria, South …

Former MD refutes Minister Amongi’s allegations of mismanagement of the workers’ fund Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When Richard Byarugaba, the former Managing Director of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) appeared before the select Parliamentary committee Friday 3rd February, he shared data and statistics in defence of his performance in …