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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Ministry has been faulted for failing to kick-start a $25million World Bank funded project for four years despite the disbursement of funds. The five-year Albertine Region Sustainability Development Project III was designed to upgrade two technical Institutions; the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Masaka district is on the spot for allegedly starving suspects while under detention. In a petition to the Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, a social rights activist Joseph Kasirye wants the MPs to probe into reports of violation of suspects rights while …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has said that the continued curfew restriction has an impact on the country’s economy especially the tourism industry. Kadaga reiterated her previous calls for the government to review the situation saying that the country’s tourism sector is under threat …

Health Insurance Bill ✳ A 1% deduction on salaries of the employed ✳ Those in informal sector to pay sh100,000 annually ✳  The approved Bill, now an Act of Parliament awaits assent by president Yoweri Museveni. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the National Health Insurance Bill. The …

  Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person has been confirmed dead and seven others injured when a FUSO Truck Registration Number UBE-042A lost control and rammed into the offices of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation in Luweero district. The truck, loaded with Bricks swerved off the Luweero-Kiwoko …

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 300 health workers have so far been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Bundibugyo district. The vaccination centres are Bundibugyo hospital, Nyahuka HCIV, Butama, Ntandi and Kikyo HCIIIs. Dr Christopher Kiyita, the district health officer, says that 600 health workers in public and private health facilities across …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 15-year- old girl was among the candidates who wrote her Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) at Arua Prisons Primary School, Arua City. The girl who is a mother of a one-month-old baby gave birth during the lockdown when schools were closed following the outbreak …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The insurance industry is adjusting its operational and business modules to cater for the new challenges facing the industry, the economy and social life, after unprecedented developments like COVID-19 over the last one year. The industry says this is a response to concerns that losses …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kyotera have arrested the UNEB manager for PLE station 53 in Kalisizo. It is said that Irene Namono disappeared with the key to the exam container at Kalisizo police station for several hours and was nowhere to be seen by 8:45 am …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Church of Uganda Archbishop Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has criticized the rampant cases of incest reported in different parts of the country. “There are fathers, uncles, and cousin brothers in our families who have defiled their daughters and sisters and impregnated them. This is …