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Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The former State Minister of Health in charge of general duties Sarah Achieng Opendi has received an accolade at the World Health and Wellness Congress in Mumbai. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network on Saturday, State Minister of Mineral Development Opendi said the award came …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has started the second phase of relocating the landslide victims in Bugisu sub-region. The affected people are being drawn from the districts of Bududa, Namisindwa, Bulambuli, Manafwa and Sironko. Resettlement of people living in high-risk areas of Mount Elgon region to Bunambutye sub …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | World Food Programme-WFP is worried about the impending food shortage that is expected in May this year. The UN agency is running out of both food and monetary aid to support refugees in different parts of the country. WFP supports 1.2 million refugees in …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | As the National Curriculum Development Centre – NCDC moves to roll out the new lower secondary curriculum on February 17th, 2020, headteachers are raising several issues which they think should be addressed urgently. Their ignorance of the new curriculum could easily be seen on Thursday …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Even as Ebola Haemorrhagic fever outbreak is still on-going in DR Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that the Emergency Committee does not consider entry screening at airports or other ports of entry outside the region to be necessary. In a statement issued …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Government’s proposal to use aerial spraying against desert locusts is unsustainable, an official from the Desert Locust Control Organization for East Africa, DLCO- EA has revealed. Mehari Tesafayohannes, the Chief Information and Forecasting Officer-DLCO-EA told local government leaders drawn from Acholi, Karamoja, Lango and …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has said Uganda should ask hard questions on why the country is growing but not creating enough jobs and people incomes remain stagnant. In the Economic update for Uganda launched on Thursday, the international lender said Uganda’s level of per capita …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum district is in final preparation to host the 43rd commemoration anniversary for the former Church of Uganda Archbishop, The most Rev Janani Luwum. This year’s memorial anniversary will be celebrated at Luwum’s ancestral village in Wii-Gweng village in Mucwini sub county, Kitgum district …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Chief Justice has tasked the newly appointed Board Members of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to restore confidence among citizens in the issuance of the National Identity Cards. Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo said several Ugandans have been left in a state …

Mapel, South Sudan | AFP |  At a remote and spartan bush barracks in South Sudan, a motley collection of government soldiers and their rebel enemies chanted in unison, raising their mock wooden guns to the sky. “South Sudan! Victory!” they cried out, as women ululated. Troops from both sides of …