Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Paul Kagame is Uganda on private visit. He will attend birthday celebrations of the First Son and UPDF Land Forces commander Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. He earlier held bilateral talks with President Yoweri Museveni on regional peace, stability and cooperation. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Archbishop Emeritus Denis Kiwanuka of Tororo is Dead
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Archbishop Emeritus of Tororo Diocese Denis Kiwanuka Lote, 84, has died. Lote died on Sunday at Nsambya. The demise of the second metropolitan of Tororo was announced by The Most Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Obbo. The deceased has for the last two weeks been …
Read More »PICTORIAL: Uganda Africa 7s champs, qualify for World Cup
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda are Rugby 7s Africa champion after winning all their matches at Kyadondo ground today. Uganda qualify for the 7s World Cup in Cape Town and the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The top three teams qualified for the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens due September …
Read More »Uganda Airlines makes sh7billion from chartered flights in three months
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Airlines made about Sh7.6 billion in the first three months of the year. The money was collected from ten chartered flights. Six flights were paid for by mainly private clients to Mogadishu, Somalia while three were hired for the First Son Gen …
Read More »Brazil decrees end of COVID-19 health emergency
Brasilia, Brazil | Xinhua | Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga signed a decree on Friday ending the COVID-19 public health emergency, effective 30 days after its publication in the Official Gazette. In its decision to lift the emergency, which has been in force since February 2020, the Health Ministry took …
Read More »President Kagame in Uganda, to celebrate Muhoozi birthday
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda President Kagame has arrived in Uganda for the first time since a dispute that resulted in the closure of the border in Uganda. He soon after arrival held bilateral talks with President Yoweri Museveni on regional peace, stability and cooperation. Rwanda abruptly closed the border in February 2019 after …
Read More »Educationalists task Govt on continuous training of teachers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts in the education sector have tasked the government with continuous training for the teachers after the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the educationalists, teachers were hit hard during the lockdown, but most of the interventions to recover from the effects of the pandemic have …
Read More »Egyptian museum housing royal mummies attracts nearly 1 million visitors since debut
Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | Nearly one million people have visited the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) since it was opened to the public a year ago, according to the museum’s managing executive director Ahmed Ghoneim. About 40 percent of the 970,000 visitors were from foreign countries, Ghoneim told …
Read More »EU reaches deal on new legislation to combat illegal content online
Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Council said Saturday that it has reached a provisional political agreement with the European Parliament on a new legislation to combat hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content online. The legislation, named the Digital Services Act (DSA), “aims to protect the digital …
Read More »SCHOOLS: Continuous assessment will be a challenge for external mocks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Schools have said that the continuous assessment system under the new abridged curriculum is not the best alternative for the external mocks banned by the Ministry of Education. The Ministry last year banned external mock examinations prior to their Uganda National Examination Board – …
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