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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Mary Okwakol, the Executive Director of the National Council for Higher Education- NCHE has asked the Public Universities Joint Admissions Board (PUJAB) to include slots for Higher Education Access Certificate- (HEAC) graduates when granting sponsorships to university students. Okwakol was speaking on Friday at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Committee has reiterated the call to recruit health workers at all levels of health facilities saying that whereas government has invested in hardware components within the healthcare delivery system, less attention has been given to critical human resource. This was contained in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Katale Bugema village aka Lower Jomayi Estates in Wakiso District have protested increased garbage disposal in their area. The residents of Katale Bugema village are facing a critical environmental and health issue due to the transformation of a local land area into …

SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Public Service has yielded to pressure and requested negotiations with science teacher training tutors who are currently on strike advocating for their reinstatement to “Rightful Salary Scales.” In a letter addressed to the Uganda Professional Science Teachers Union- UPSTU, Stephen Opio Okiror, …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first leader of the Masaba cultural institution, also first LC5 chairperson of Mbale district, Wamimbi Weyasa is dead. According to Stephen Masiga, the spokesperson of Masaba Culture institution, Wamimbi died yesterday at 8.pm from Kirudu hospital located at Kampala Capital City. He says that late …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Friday reaffirmed his government’s ban on exportation of unprocessed minerals from the country. The President was commissioning the country’s first Tin Smelting factory in Ruti, Mbarara City making Uganda the fourth country to start the smelting of Tin in Africa. The factory …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division in Kampala has sentenced four people to serve eight years in jail for plotting to kill former Inspector General of Police Edward Kale Kayihura and Namayingo District Police Commander Major Francis Okumu. They are  Okuku Sadam Umalu, Osinya Colline, Joseph Ojambo, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States is providing more than 25 million dollars (about 95.3 billion shillings) in refugee and food security assistance to Uganda. The aid which is part of the US government commitments, is channeled through its foreign development agency, USAID, and the Department of State. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has appealed to more companies to invest in the manufacture of communications gadgets in Uganda, to help further reduce the cost of digital communication. Minister for Information, Communication Technology, and National Guidance, Chris Baryomunsi says that so far there is evidence that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The new tax proposals in the Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill 2024 once passed by Parliament, would make alcoholic beverages unaffordable to consumers, resulting in reduced volume sales, leading to a decline in annual tax revenues to the Government, according to alcoholic sector players. The …