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UNEB to start receiving classroom-based assessments, to use own unique system

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After a period of anticipation, schools are finally set to start submitting students’ classroom-based assessments to the Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB). The UNEB Executive Secretary, Dan Odongo confirmed this development, attributing the previous delay to the need for capacity building and the establishment of improved …

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Police arrest Aponye’s driver Buyinza Isabirye

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moses Buyinza Isabirye, the driver of the late Apollo Nyegamehe, also known as Aponye, is in custody at Ntungamo Police Station on allegations of reckless driving. Nyegamehe, a prominent businessman lost his life in a road accident at Itojo along the Ntungamo-Kabale road last …

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MPs want Kyangwali evictees resettled in Bugoma forest

Kikube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators from Kikuube district are calling on the government to urgently resettle over 1,000 individuals who were forcibly evicted from their ancestral land in Kyangwali sub-county within the Bugoma forest reserve. The affected group consists of men, women, and children who were forcefully removed …

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Islamic Principles: Museveni promises to review PDM

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has promised to study the Parish Development Model, a poverty alleviation project in order to come up with a model that is in tandem with Muslim money-borrowing principles.  He made the commitment on Tuesday while meeting some of the Muslim leaders at …

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Link Bus crashes into stationary truck, driver dead

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One person was confirmed dead and several other passengers injured following an accident involving a coach from Link Bus Services on Tuesday night along the Kyenjojo – Fort Portal road. Vincent Twesige, the Rwenzori West Police Spokesperson identified the deceased as Dauda Kawawu, …

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Implement Road Safety Act, Speaker directs Govt

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rampant road carnage in the country has reawakened concerns on road safety, with the Speaker, Anita Among calling for implementation of the Road Safety Act. Speaker Among made the directive on Tuesday, 11 July 2023. “In 2019, we passed the Road Safety Act …

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State House cracks whip on security after Bukedea by-election

Bukeda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The hotly contested Bukedea LCV Chairperson by-election has left several officials including security heads behind bars. The latest suspects are the Bukedea Resident District Commissioner- RDC, William Wilberforce Tukei, and the District Police Commander- DPC, Charles Okoto. The duo was picked from their respective …

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Gunmen kill Lamwo LC1 Chairperson

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unknown gunmen have shot dead Richard Lokany, the LC I chairperson of Tedopee Village in Lukung Sub County in Lamwo district, and injured two other people including Alex Okoda and Bosco Okwang. The attack took place on Monday afternoon while Lokany and his colleagues …

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