Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 1,700 students who completed school in the academic year 2018/2019 are expected to start paying back loans extended to them by the government to pursue University education. Micheal Wanyama, the Executive Director of the Higher Education Students’ Financing Board revealed this in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health is stopping foreign nationals from countries that have registered cases of coronavirus from travelling to Uganda. The decision came after the disease now known as COVID-19 has spread to over 76 countries outside China where the outbreak is believed to have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Work has slowed down at Makerere University printery following the sacking of 12 technical staff and manager. There was little activity taking place in the printery which is found in the basement of the Main Building this morning. The sacking of 12 out of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A parallel National Resistance Movement-NRM coordination team has embarked on nationwide recruitment and orientation of new party coordinators ahead of the 2021 general election. The team is led by Milly Babalanda, the senior political advisor and personal assistant to President Yoweri Museveni. She told URN …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Judicial officers and the Attorney General have resolved to settle their suit challenging the appointment of the Judiciary Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana through mediation. The Attorney General’s Representative, George Karemera and lawyer of judicial officers under their Association of Uganda Judicial Officers Association- UJOA, Gawaya …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 70 million Euros is needed to fully light up Kampala streets and roads, the State Minister for Kampala Benny Namugwanya has revealed. In her statement to parliament on the status of street lighting in Kampala on Tuesday evening, Namugwanya not that only 8 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has maintained the Shillings 3 million nomination fees for parliamentary aspirants. The matter came up during discussions on the Parliamentary Elections Amendment Bill, 2019 during plenary on Tuesday evening. The Bill among others seeks to amend the Parliamentary Elections Act, 2005 to delay elections …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Environmentalists want tougher laws to protect grey crested cranes. Records from Nature Uganda, a non governmental organisation involved in the protection of nature show that the number of grey crested cranes dropped from 100,000 between 1972-1974 to 8000 in 2018. 50 percent of the 8000 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Between 2014 and 2018, an average of one migrant child was reported dead or missing. This is according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Global Migration Data Analysis Center. The Director Frank Laczko says this is just a small percentage as most of incidents …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Media analysts are calling for the implementation of media literacy programs in schools in order to promote media awareness and development of internet literacy among youths. They argue that the information that children consume on social media is a key determinant of their perceptions and …