The exchange program between the two varsities is intended to foster collaborative approaches to existing communities challenges Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Uganda and Norway may exist in different hemispheres, but they share a common voice on issues of climate change. The exchange program between the School of Industrial and …
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Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakasongola Army Barracks Unit Disciplinary Court has denied bail to Corporal Jackson Bitaryebwa and Private Enoth Tindimwebwa, both teachers who are accused of assaulting a student. The two reportedly beat up Andrew Kasita, a Senior One student at Nakasongola Army Secondary School on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises – COSASE, have expressed disappointment with the Higher Education Students’ Financing Board over the selective distribution of student loans. The committee is probing the Board following concerns raised by the Auditor …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Milk processor, Fresh Dairy, has injected Shs 240million in the upcoming Fresh Dairy Secondary School Games, 2023 edition. The firm’s Marketing Manager, Vincent Omoth said, said they committed a five-year contract with the Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association in 2019 to boost sports in secondary …
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Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 girls in Looro primary school Amudat district have been trained to make reusable sanitary pads. The school project of Reusable sanitary pads that started in 2022 has now attracted many girls who feel relieved from the stress of managing their menstrual cycle. …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A tragic incident occurred on Wednesday when a perimeter wall of Centenary High School in Nyendo-Mukungwe division, Masaka City collapsed, killing one person and leaving two others injured. The deceased has been identified as Betty Nabulonge, while the survivors are Patricia Namayengo and …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero District have arrested a former head teacher of Wobulenzi Public Primary School, which is a government institution in Wobulenzi Town Council, for allegedly using the school land titles to secure a questionable loan of 100 million shillings. The suspect has been …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On March 15, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Uganda provided more than 500 literature books and other items to Fort Portal Senior Secondary School through UBA Foundation which is its Corporate Social Responsibility arm with an initiative ‘’Read Africa’’. This is one way the Bank …
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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Four students were killed and 18 others injured after a truck plowed into a school computer laboratory in the central Uganda district of Gomba, the police said Wednesday. The accident happened at Kasaka Senior Secondary School Tuesday evening, said the police in a statement issued …
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Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joshua Kapere, a teacher at Idhinda primary school in Namalemba sub-county in Bugweri district is seeking compensation from a parent who allegedly assaulted him on Friday last week for allegedly disciplining his child. Kapere accuses Patrice Tibiita of storming the school and assaulting him for caning …
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