Total Candidates: 359,417 (First cohort under new system) ✅ Gender Breakdown: 🔹 177,133 (49.3%) Male 🔹 182,284 (50.7%) Female ✅ USE vs Non-USE Candidates: 🔹 136,785 (38.1%) USE Beneficiaries 🔹 222,632 (61.9%) Non-USE ✅ Exam Attendance: 🔹 357,120 (99.4%) Sat for Exams 🔹 2,297 (0.6%) Absent (Absenteeism continues to decline …
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Why Health Minister Aceng is ‘quiet’ on numbers COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda is in the midst of yet another episode of the hemorrhagic fever Ebola following a Jan.30 announcement by Dr. Diana Atwine, the Ministry of Health’s Permanent Secretary. In a hastily arranged press conference in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEBERT RUGADYA & LOUIS JADWONG | Uganda’s education system dictates that tuition fees are paid at the start of every term of three months, or in a lump sum, for the full year. The opening days of school therefore often turn out to be very stressful for …
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Who is Rahim Aga Khan V? Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan V has been named the 50th hereditary leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. The 53-year-old was designated as the Aga Khan V, the 50th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims, in the will of …
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Heart Institute Breaks Ground for Construction of 250 Bed Capacity Facility 🟡10 floors (4 Basement levels) 🟡 3 fully equipped operating theatres 🟡 2 Catheterization Labs 🟡 40 ICU beds 🟡 210 regular beds 🟡 Specialized Teaching Hospital Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Uganda has started building a state-of-the-art …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | His Highness the Aga Khan is dead. Prince Karim Al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV died “peacefully surrounded by his family” in Lisbon, Portugal, on Tuesday February 4, Kenya’s Nation reported this morning. Prince Karim Al-Hussaini was the 49th hereditary spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili …
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The issues blocking his way to freedom COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Supreme Court in a landmark case ruled on Jan. 31 that trying civilians in military courts is unconstitutional. “ All charges or criminal trials or pending trials involving civilians must immediately cease and be transferred to …
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⚽ Arsenal 5 Man City 1 London, UK | ARSENAL.COM | Arsenal blew away the reigning champions with a stunning performance at Emirates Stadium on Sunday. Martin Odegaard got Arsenal off to a fast start, scoring 103 seconds into the game from Kai Havertz’s unselfish pass. But the real drama came …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is strengthening deployment along borders and in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. This follows M23’s capture of Goma city, the capital of North Kivu province and reports of hundreds of deaths of civilians, fighters, and …
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Military Courts Have No Power to Try Civilians- Supreme Court Rules 🟨 The General Court Martial is a subordinate court of law, with specialized jurisdiction. This means that the military courts are under the ordinary courts of law. 🟨 Sections of the UPDF Act that grant military courts jurisdiction over …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
