Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In its tribute to Dr Simon Kagugube who died on Saturday, the Uganda Episcopal Conference has said if it wasn’t for him, Centenary Bank would be no more. Kagugube, 65, has been an executive at Centenary bank for the last 17 years. He was picked …
Read More »Hoima officials mobilise women to deliver at health facilities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traditional Birth Attendants-TBAs are still active in Hoima district despite the ban on their services by government in 2010. Government outlawed the services of TBAs with the hope of reducing maternal and infant mortality in the country. According to health officials in the district, …
Read More »Burnt to the bone: Uganda’s acid attack survivors seek justice
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan university student Linette Kirungi was on her way to class when she heard footsteps behind her. The next thing she felt was liquid on her face — then burning agony. She had just turned down a marriage proposal from her ex-boyfriend. He responded by throwing …
Read More »Bagyenda gets 32 year jail term for murder of Enid Twijukye
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High court has handed Brian Bagyenda, a pharmacist and two others a 32-year jail term for the murder of his girlfriend Enid Twijukye, a student of Makerere University Business School on January 4th, 2017. The others are Innocent Bainomugisha, a cleaner and Vincent Rwahwire, …
Read More »Isolated locusts sighted in Nakasongola district
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nakasongola district entomology office has confirmed the invasion of locusts. On Friday last week, farmers from Kalungi and Lwampanga sub counties and Migyera town council petitioned Nakasongola district agriculture office to investigate the invasion of insects, which look like locusts. In Kalungi sub county, …
Read More »NIRA board chairperson wants changes on National ID replacement system
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed board chairperson of the National Identification and Registration Authority(NIRA), James Biribonwa has tasked the authority management to explain the detailed process of National ID replacement and explain why it takes long. Biribonwa, who was presiding at the inaugural NIRA governing board …
Read More »NEMA: Lake Victoria is a naturally self cleansing system
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has said they are working with Kenya and Tanzanian authorities on how to sustainably manage Lake Victoria, that the media has in the past week described as endangered. Uganda’s Daily Monitor and Kenya’s Daily Nation featured a story …
Read More »Females shun science based courses at vocational institutions
Nabuyondo is one of three females that sat for examinations in Science related programs during the November/December Business, Technical and Vocational Education Training-BTVET 2019 examinations. Results of the examinations that were released last week show that out of 5,251 students who sat for the examinations, 991 were females. Out of …
Read More »Museveni, Besigye mourn Maj. Gen Benon Biraro
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of mourners on Sunday turned up to bid farewell to the former presidential candidate Maj. Gen. Benon Buta Biraro. Biraro was laid to rest at his ancestral home in Rukiga Rwengando, Nyarugando Parish, Masha sub county Isingiro district. Biraaro was praised for contributing …
Read More »Keep off church land, Archbishop Ntagali cautions individuals
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outgoing Archbishop Church of Uganda the most Rt Rev Stanley Ntagali has cautioned individuals against sabotaging developmental projects on lands belonging to the Church of Uganda. Speaking at the 43rd-anniversary commemoration of St Janani Luwum on Sunday, Archbishop Ntagali who was the main …
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