Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago Specialized Women and Neonatal Hospital needs 13 billion shillings to procure equipment for fertility procedures. The Permanent Secretary Diana Atwine says that to be able to operate fully and conduct procedures such as in Vitro fertilization (IVF), they will need to first install the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s representatives to the Pan African Parliament (PAP) have called upon member states to ratify the Maputo Protocol to achieve peace in Africa. The MPs are part of the delegation of legislators and technocrats attending a joint workshop for the permanent committees of the PAP …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers and dealers in Masaka are stuck with their produce due to slump in local market prices. Since the beginning of the year, the price of coffee has gradually decreased and of recent it has reduced by more than half to the cost of last …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nurses and midwives in Uganda have renewed calls for better working and living conditions including accommodation and feeding, and have asked the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga to intervene. Justus Cherop Kiplangat, the President of Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union said that nurses and midwives …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amidst global scare of coronavirus, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has directed all broadcasters to give daily updates and prevention messages about the disease. In a letter to broadcasters on Wednesday, the Commission’s Acting Executive Director Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo said that the announcements should be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Bankers’ Association-UBA, has signed a collaboration agreement with technology companies which will among other things see them share information on how to tackle and respond to internet fraud. Under their umbrella, Finance and Technology Service Providers Association (FITSPA), the companies usually referred to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has praised the elite Special Forces Command, a unit of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces tasked with protecting him, his family and other important national installations. Speaking at the passing out 110 SFC Commandos who completed 16 months of specialized training at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Educationists in Soroti want government to introduce routine assessments of teachers across the country to improve on the performance of students especially in science subjects. Martin Okiria Obore, the National Chairperson of Secondary Head Teachers Union in Uganda, says that whereas government has done a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has appealed against the acquittal of former Makerere University Researcher Dr Stella Nyanzi on charges of offensive communication and cyber harassment. Last month, Justice Henry Peter Adonyo acquitted Nyanzi of the charges arguing that she was illegally convicted by …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for central government learnt on Wednesday that the former Judiciary Permanent Secretary (PS), Kagole Kivumbi withdrew cash to the tune of Shillings 9.57 billion in the 2017/2018 financial year to facilitate questionable activities. The Committee was reviewing documents provided …