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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has retired police’s Director for Human Resource Management, Brig Gen Jesse Kamunwanire, from Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). Brig Gen Kamunwanire who was transferred to police in 2019 alongside three other senior military officers has been retired and left to continue with …

SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | Several academicians and education experts have cautioned that the newly issued guidelines concerning boarding sections in schools and other institutions are unlikely to bring about the anticipated changes. The “new tough guidelines” in question were issued on Wednesday after a ministry circular alerting school administrators …

Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of residents in Lokaala parish, Nabilatuk district have been displaced by flash floods. The floods affected Lokaala Primary School after the river flooded forcing learners and teachers to flee the school premises. Zacharia Onyang, the LCI Chairperson of Lokom village in Nabilatuk Sub County said that …

Security fears behind closer scrutiny of Uganda’s civil society Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On April 24, the 11th Parliament passed the NGO Amendment Bill, 2024 following several weeks of scrutiny. Among its new provisions is the return of the NGO Bureau back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Under …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University is set to revitalize and merge all college journals into a single publication under the Makerere University Press. Dr. William Tayebwa, Managing Editor of Makerere University Press, announced this during the conclusion of the annual forum for graduate research and policy dialogue at …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | BUL FC is optimistic of defeating NEC FC in the Uganda Cup semi-finals on Sunday.   BUL will be hosting the first leg at the Njeru-based FUFA technical center. They lost their Uganda Premier league-UPL game against NEC FC early in the week, however, their assistant coach, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDENPENDENT | Ugandans can now obtain a wide range of specialised outpatient health care services at the new Aga Khan University Hospital’s Nakawa Specialty Centre located on the Old Port Bell Road. The first facility on the upcoming Aga Khan University’s Kampala campus, the Centre offers chemotherapy, dialysis as …

Terego, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Terego District Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Moses Echat has directed civil servants who applied as parish supervisors and enumerators in the forthcoming Uganda National Population and Housing Census to withdraw their application. The latest directive comes after it was discovered that a number of …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiruddu National Referral Hospital Biomedical Engineer, Darlington Tumukugize was on Friday remanded to Luzira prison on charges of theft of eight mattresses and other valuables. Tumukugize was on Friday evening arraigned before the Court presided over by Grade One Magistrate Patience Lorna Mukundane. He was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s decision to revert Uganda Meteorology Authority (UNMA) to the department at the Ministry of Water and Environment has drawn mixed reactions. Uganda Meteorology Authority will no longer be semi-autonomous once President Museveni assents to the Bill seeking to merge or rationalize government Authorities and …