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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six pupils have pinned their headteacher for sodomising them on several occasions. Mpagi Didas alias Bakulu, the headteacher of Real Infant Primary School in Wakiso district is accused of sodomising the children between 2016 and 2019. Mpagi on Thursday appeared before the International Crimes Division Judge, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outgoing government Chief Whip Ruth Nankabirwa has petitioned the National Resistance Movement (NRM) to discipline former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga for going against the party. Kadaga and Nankabirwa were embroiled in a bitter conflict that climaxed with Nankabirwa openly campaigning against Kadaga in two elections including …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical interns under their umbrella organization Federation of Uganda Medical Interns (FUMI) have called off their nation wide strike. The interns went on strike over poor working conditions on May 17th, 2021, and had promised not to resume work unless their demands were met. The interns …

Nakasongola , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA is in talks with Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch on the fate and future of the rhinos at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola district. This follows the withdrawal of a case last week filed by the Rhino Fund Uganda, which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, together with school closures and inadequate government assistance, is pushing children into exploitative and dangerous child labor, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today in advance of the World Day against Child Labor on June 12, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital has suspended the vaccination exercise for people who want to take the first and second dose for the COVID-19 vaccine after it run out of doses three days ago. The hospital gets the doses from Wakiso district headquarters. Muhammad Mubiru, the Principal …

📌 NUP names parliament leaders ▶ Leader of Opposition (LoP) – Mathias Mpuuga ▶ Opposition chief whip – John Nambeshe ▶ Chairperson PAC – Medard Segona ▶ Chairperson COSASE – Joel Ssenyonyi ▶ Chairperson Gov’t Assurances – Betty Nambooze ▶ Commissioner of Parliament – Francis Zaake ✳ Dep. chief whip …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party (DP) has appointed Tochi County Member of Parliament Peter Okot as its whip in the 11th parliament. Okot who will be serving his second term as MP replaces the Kalungu West Member of Parliament Joseph Sewungu who last year crossed to the National …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forty seven families in Gulu want the graves of their loved ones on the land hosting the Gulu Logistic Hub project exhumed. The Shillings 107 billion trade hub sits on a piece of land measuring 54 acres in Layibi-Go down cell, Bardege-Layibi division, Gulu city. The …

PEPFAR has invested more than $4 billion in Uganda alone, and more than $90 billion worldwide, over the past 18 years to save more than 19 million lives. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPEDNENT |  A record 18th U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Country Operation Plan for Uganda has …