Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A senior five student of Pope John Paul II Secondary School in Nakaseke district who went missing on Tuesday has been found dead in Nakasongola. Noah Bukeera, a son to Bogere David, a resident of Namakukulu village in Nabiswera sub county was found murdered and …
Read More »Museveni instructs lawyers to let Bobi Wine withdraw case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has accused Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine of giving the Supreme Court false, irrelevant and contradictory reasons for withdrawing his election petition. Museveni’s response is contained in an affidavit of Oscar Kihika the Director Legal Affairs of National Resistance Movement (NRM) …
Read More »DNA testing to cost police UGX 1.7 billion every year
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police will be spending close to 2 billion Shillings to conduct DNA tests every year. This is according to the cost per sample as explained by the acting head of force’s Directorate of Forensic Sciences-DFS Andrew Mubiru. In his document to the commissioning …
Read More »BoU, Bankers Association defend charges on school fees
Parents should pay by mobile money using the shortcodes provided if they can’t afford the charges because the system is free Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bankers have advised parents paying school fees to use alternatives if they do not want to pay bank charges. Most commercial banks are also …
Read More »Ugandan health workers not allowed to breastfeed exclusively
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While nurses, midwives, pediatricians and other health workers in Uganda everyday keep preaching to mothers to breastfeed their babies exclusively for at least six months, they themselves cannot accord their babies the same care essential for their good health and mental development. The health workers …
Read More »Speaker Kadaga honoured for promoting MPs and staff welfare
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has been recognized and honored by the Parliamentary Pension Scheme for her support and commitment to the organization. The speaker was recognized by the board of trustees of the scheme in a speech read by the board’s representative Solomon …
Read More »WFP cuts food ration to refugees in Uganda due to funding shortfall
Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) said on Friday that starting this month, it reduced the food ration to refugees in Uganda to 40 percent due to funding shortages. The long-term outlook shows that funding is “extremely” challenging, the WFP said in a statement issued …
Read More »UCE briefing: Candidates advised against using face masks to smuggle unwanted materials
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Senior four candidates have been advised not to misuse face masks to smuggle unwanted materials into the examination rooms. The caution was made by headteachers while briefing learners ahead of the ahead of the 2020 Uganda Certificate of Education examinations which are starting on Monday, …
Read More »Roke Telkom awarded Shs 100 million grant for COVID-19 tracker software
Cogniware Insights systems software will digitally manage, monitor, track, and trace infected people Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Roke Telkom, a fully licensed Ugandan-based telecommunications company has been awarded a grant worth Shs 100 million under Phase 3 of the National Support Initiatives Program. The grant from the Ministry of ICT …
Read More »Man sentenced to 42 years over defilement of 3 little girls
Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bugembe George aged 24 has been sentenced to 42 years in prison after pleading guilty of defiling three little girls. Bugembe, a resident of Kasisa landing site in Bujumba sub county Kalangala district was charged with defiling two 7 year and one 6 year old …
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