Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Education Committee has learnt that 23 billion Shillings that was recently recalled from the various districts has been earmarked for the procurement of more learning materials for pupils. State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo told the Committee today that the money …
Read More »Bukimbiri county MP loser petitions court for fresh elections
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | James Owebeyi, the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party flag bearer who lost the Bukimbiri County MP seat has petitioned the court demanding the nullification of Eddie Kwizera Wagahungu’s victory. Kwizera, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer was declared the winner with 11,821 …
Read More »Adverts by traditional “doctors” flood Gulu streets
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical personnel in Gulu district are concerned about several traditional healers who are advertising their ability to heal various ailments along the roadside installations. Adverts by traditional healers, many of whom refer to themselves as doctors are pinned on electric poles, and billboard stands and …
Read More »International Olympic Committee sets new strategic agenda
Olympic Agenda 2020+5 ⏩ Solidarity ⏩ Sustainable development ⏩ Digitalisation ⏩ Credibility ⏩ Economic and financial resilience Rome, Italy | THE INDEPENDENT & IOC MEDIA | The International Olympic Committee(IOC) has outlined a new strategic roadmap for the next five years that is aimed at galvanizing its activities worldwide in a post-COVID new normal. At …
Read More »MPs ask UMRA to clamp down on loan sharks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Finance Committee of Parliament has tasked Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority-UMRA crackdown on unscrupulous money lenders illegally operating in the country. This came up when the UMRA, Edith Tusubira appeared before the committee on Wednesday alongside the Microfinance State Minister, Haruna Kasolo to present their …
Read More »Tanzania announces death of President Magufuli
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPEDNENT | Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) has just announced that the 5th President of the country John Magufuli is dead. The announcement was made Wednesday night by Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who said Magufuli had been hospitalized at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute …
Read More »Charcoal dealers fell trees covering 100 acres of land in Agago district in two Years
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of different trees species covering an estimated 100 acres of land in Agago district have been destroyed by commercial charcoal dealers within the past two years, an environmental justice pressure group in Acholi sub-region has revealed. The pressure group named Our Trees, We …
Read More »Mabirizi application for recusal was malicious – Owiny-Dollo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo says that he declined to recuse himself from the presidential election petition filed by Robert Kyagulanyi as demanded by city lawyer, Male Mabirizi because his application was malicious. He revealed this in his detailed judgment on an application filed by Mabirizi …
Read More »Residents decry inadequate police services in Arua
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Vurra Sub County, Arua district have expressed fears of increased criminal acts due to limited police personnel. Vurra Sub County has only two police stations located at the Sub County headquarters and another at the Vurra Customs along the border between Uganda and …
Read More »Expert warns of health risk at barber shop
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jessy Lukwago, a university student wears a Mohawk hairstyle, a trendy style where more hair is left at the center of the head with shorter ones on the sides. Every month he dashes to a salon to trim his fair and maintain his favourite hairstyle. …
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