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Government commends KCB and GIZ for the Sh6 billion initiatives for vocational skills training. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCB Bank Uganda and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ), have today passed out 575 graduates and beneficiaries of the KCB-GIZ Twekozese Programme, further boosting Uganda’s available skilled human capital. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) Executive Director, Dr Chris Mukiza, has dismissed social media reports that his contract has run out. Mukiza said he was appointed to his position on March 30, 2019, meaning his five-year contract ends on March 31, 2024. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Science, Technology and Innovation Committee of Parliament has learnt that 30 former staff of the disbanded Ministry of Science and Technology have been absorbed into various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Irene Batebe, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has started scrutinizing sub-regional oversight reports on the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM), weeks after President Yoweri Museveni’s address to the House. The PDM programme targets 39 per cent of households which are still in subsistence farming, with the objective of enabling …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Committee on Natural Resources has questioned government’s readiness to implement the rationalisation of government agencies, which has resulted into layoffs and petitions from affected workers. Led by the Chairperson, Hon. Emmanuel Otaala, the committee put to task the Public Service Minister, Hon. Wilson …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe airport averaged 4,992 arrivals and departures per day in February as services indicate a steady recovery to pre-COVID times. Entebbe International Airport recorded 66,565 arrivals and 73,217 departures, a total of 139,782 passengers, which is an average of 4,992 per day in February …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eskom Uganda has today handed back Nalubaale and Kiira Hydropower Plants to Uganda government. Eskom Uganda’s  20-year concessions to manage and operate the facilities have come to their natural end this month. The firm has managed the Nalubaale (Owen Falls Dam) and Kiira HPP …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sport has decided to restart the count down for all teachers to get degrees. The government in 2019 passed a national teacher policy which among other things phased out lower teaching qualifications in preference for bachelor’s degree for all …

Paris, France | Xinhua | Over 1 million people in France joined nationwide protests on Thursday, rejecting the government’s proposed pension reform bill that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, French ministry of the interior said on Thursday evening. However, France’s largest union, the General Confederation of …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty-six teachers in Luwero district have been dismissed from service for abscondment from duty. The affected teachers were formerly deployed at Universal Primary schools that include; Mityebiri Roman Catholic, St Theresa Kasaala Girls, Luwero Boys, Nandere , Buyuki , Malungu and Nambi UMEA Primary …