Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A quarter of a century since their services were terminated, over 3,500 former employees of Nyanza Textile Industries Limited-NYTIL are still pleading to be paid the packages due to them. The desperate ex-workers, now 25 years older, were discontinued from NYTIL when the Jinja …
Read More »Nsambya barracks murder suspect arrested in Masindi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Brian Ogentho, suspected of killing his girlfriend inside Nsambya police barracks has been arrested from his hideout in Masindi district. The suspect is a turn boy and mechanic attached to police fleet unit. Ogentho allegedly killed his girlfriend identified as Racheal Akello, in the …
Read More »Bickering over Mukono hospital hurts patients
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Be careful what you ask for, the saying goes, for you might get it. That is what has caused anguish to authorities of Mukono municipality who lobbied and pushed for the elevation of their health centre IV to a hospital. To their dismay when …
Read More »Manufacturers yet to decide fate of 2020 international trade fair
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Top executives at Uganda Manufacturers Association are yet to decide on the fate of this year’s Uganda International Trade Fair as the government of Uganda continues to discourage social gatherings that might fuel the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. In a telephone interview with The Independent …
Read More »Ministry reviews teacher education curricula to address pedagogy gaps
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is reviewing the teacher education curricula to address gaps in methods, techniques, and approaches of teaching which were exposed by the COVID-19 unprecedented lockdown. The review comes amidst the continued closure of schools that has left more than …
Read More »NRM aspirant in Serere attacked by rival’s supporters
Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Samuel Otaala, the National Resistance Movement-NRM aspirant for Serere County MP is nursing injuries after he was beaten by supporters of his rival, Patrick Okabe, the incumbent MP. The incident happened on Tuesday night around 8:30 pm near Otaala’s residence in Ojama trading center …
Read More »Contractor on spot over slow works on upgrade of Bushenyi Technical College
Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sarick Construction Limited, a company contracted to upgrade Bushenyi Technical College is on the spot over slow works. The firm was contracted to upgrade the college at 7.6 Billion Shillings under the Uganda Skills Development Project (USDP) with support from the World Bank. The …
Read More »Batooro to be sensitized on return of kingdom assets
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tooro kingdom administration is organizing a series of sensitization meetings for the community about the kingdom properties that are in the process of being returned by the central government. King Oyo on Monday led a delegation that met government officials led by Prime …
Read More »Court quashes Sheikh Kamoga’s conviction for terrorism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has quashed the conviction of Jamatil- Salafiya leader, Sheikh Yunus Kamoga and six Muslim leaders for terrorism. On Wednesday, Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo, Cheborion Barishaki and Elizabeth Musoke ruled that the ingredients of terrorism had not been proved beyond reasonable …
Read More »Ivan Rakitic leaves Barca to return to Sevilla
Madrid, Spain | XINHUA | This season’s Europa League winners Sevilla on Tuesday confirmed the return of midfielder Ivan Rakitic from FC Barcelona on a four-year deal that expires at the end of June 2024. The 32-year-old Croatian international, who is one of the players reportedly told by new Barca …
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