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Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Four endangered mountain gorillas, including three adult females, have been killed by an apparent lightning strike in a Ugandan national park, a conservation group has said. A post-mortem examination has been performed on the four, including a male infant, who died on February 3 in …

Iganga, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  one person has been killed and scores of others escaped with serious injuries following a nasty accidient in Walugogo trading center along  Jinja-Iganga highway. The deceased has been identified as Habib Sowedi, a resident of Namwiwa village in Kaliro district. His body is lying at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was panic and fear in Kikulu zone in Kikaya-Kisasi in Kawempe North on Saturday night following multiple explosions of gas cylinders. Locals told Uganda Radio Network (URN) that they heard a loud bang followed by ablaze that engulfed the entire structure that housed the …

Buliisa, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 100 health workers deployed to manage various Ebola screening centers in Bullisa district have abandoned their duty stations citing none payment. The affected include members of Village Health teams-VHTs and Health workers attached to various health facilities in the district.   The affected workers …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A trade integration expert has said that for East African States to fail to resolve their issues points to a weak dispute redress system. Dr Isaac Shinyekwa, a senior research fellow on integration at the local think tank Economic Policy Research Centre, said …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is a fierce dispute between Josephine Naku, the widow of the late Henry Matovu and her daughter, Margaret Nandawula over the land in Nabukalu zone in Kawempe division in Kampala district The contested land seats on plot 429 Nabukalu zone. Trouble started after Nandawula …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More community libraries should be built as a solution to the chronic failure by learners to master the English language at various levels, the Education and Sports Minister, Janet Kataha Museveni has proposed. She was responding to complaints from the Uganda Business and …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  A number of secondary school teachers in Acholi sub-region trained in the revised lower secondary curriculum; say they need sufficient time to grasp the syllabus before it is rolled out to learners. This week, Ministry of Education and Sports through the National Curriculum Development Centre …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Minister, Betty Amongi has dismissed claims that some clauses were smuggled into the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Amendment Act after its approval by parliament. In August 2019, Parliament passed the KCCA amendment bill.  It was assented to by the President in November …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a lot of uncertainty over the implementation of the new lower secondary school curriculum with less than ten days to the formal kick off of senior 1 classes. Early this week, Parliament halted the implementation of the new lower secondary curriculum whose …