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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan police on Tuesday announced a string of measures to bus operators to reduce the number of road accidents in the country. A bus driver is expected to display his photo in the bus and have a badge that has his photo, name, driving license …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Local Government, Raphael Magyezi has called for urgent review of Uganda’s decentralisation policy which was implemented in 1992. Government introduced a decentralisation policy that empowered lower governments to manage public affairs on behalf of the central government in a bid to speed up …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Finance (General Duties), Henry Musasizi has affirmed that savings in the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) are safe. Musasizi made this assurance as he appeared before the Committee on Finance alongside the Minister for Gender Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi, and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) is considering a bridging programme that will enable learners who offer arts subject combinations at A-Level to pursue undergraduate science courses. Maria Nakachwa Ssemakula, the acting Director of Quality Assurance and Accreditation at NCHE, says that the proposal …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Simon Toolit Akecha, the former Omoro County legislator is dead. Toolit, 62, died at St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu where he had been admitted since Tuesday last week. News of his death was confirmed by his wife Joyce Abalo in an interview on Monday. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Defense is seeking an allocation of 108.2 billion Shillings to fund Ugandan troops under the Eastern Africa Standby Force. The deployment is part of the deal signed on September 9, 2022, between President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has dispatched seven ambulances to the five city divisions worth Shillings 1.6 billion with the aim of improving emergency medical services. Dr. Daniel Okello, the Director of Public Health at KCCA told journalists at City Hall on Monday that they procured …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One of the two guns recovered from the rebel Allied Democratic Forces-ADF suspect gunned down in Matugga was used in the October 30th, 2022 attack on Busiika police station in Luweero district, according to ballistic experts from the Directorate of Forensic Science-DFS. Three police officers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a remarkable increase in the number of female runners in the country. According to the Uganda Athletics Federation-UAF, Uganda has witnessed an upsurge in the number of female athletes since 2005. UAF notes that there are currently over 200 female athletes in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugarcane growers in Uganda are divided on the approach to realizing the best earnings from their sweat, with some calling for the institution of the Sugar Board. This comes as the cost of sugar continues to rise, now going for between 5,000 and 6,000 Shillings …