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UGANDA  Original BACK TO SCHOOL SCHEDULE P1, P2 & P3 – start – June 7  P6, S3 & S5 – re-start – June 7  P4-P5 – holidays – June 4  3-year plan to harmonize school calendar Terms 12 weeks Holidays 15-17 days No exams 2021 starts …

LIVE 8pm: Museveni to address nation on #COVID19 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni will at 8pm today outline Uganda government measures to contain a new wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths. He is expected to tighten on public transport, air travel and vaccinations, and confirm …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) is puzzled over the whereabouts of the body guards of General Katumba Wamala, the former army commander and Works and Transport Minister, who was shot at this morning. Unidentified gunmen riding on motorcycles intercepted Katumba Wamala’s vehicle registration …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is expected to outline new measures to contain what is said to be a second COVID-19 wave that has hit the country. His address come days after the Ministry of Health sent out an alert warning of increasing admissions, deaths and …

Kigali, Rwanda | FRANCE 24 | French President Emmanuel Macron, on a symbolic visit to Rwanda Thursday, said France had “a role, a history and a political responsibility” towards Rwanda. But he stopped short of an official apology, saying France had not been complicit in the 1994 genocide. “Standing here …

All I can say is that I was called by the Clerk to Parliament and handed the keys to the office Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director Communications and Public Affairs Department in Parliament Chris Obore has returned to office a day after the defeat of former Speaker of Parliament …

SPEAKER Oulanyah 310 votes Kadaga 197 votes Ssemujju 15 votes Invalid votes 2 524 VOTES DEPUTY SPEAKER Among 415 votes Nsibambi 37 votes Nsereko 24 votes Invalid votes 7 483 VOTES Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bukedea Woman …

SPEAKER IS JACOB OULANYAH Oulanyah 310 votes Kadaga 197 votes Ssemujju 15 votes Invalid votes 2 524 VOTES DEPUTY SPEAKER IS AMONG Among 415 votes Nsibambi 37 votes Nsereko 24 votes Invalid votes 7 483 VOTES Kampala, Uganda …

Elections SPEAKER Kadaga Oulanyah Ssemujju Elections DEPUTY SPEAKER  Anita Among Thomas Tayebwa (withdrawn) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN  | The start of the election for the Speaker of the 11th Parliament will delay, as several MPs are yet to get to Kololo. …

  NRM CHOICE FOR SPEAKER Jacob Oulanyah NRM CHOICE FOR DEPUTY SPEAKER Anita Among Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Hours after the NRM party CEC and MPs caucus voted Jacob Oulanyah as their flag bearer in the race for Speaker in the 11th Parliament, Alitwala …