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Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  New districts carved out of the top-performing districts have trailed in the just-released Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE results. A deeper look at the figures released by Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB on today shows that districts created 2010, and those that started operations from 2016, are …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Entebbe is struggling to arrest youths under a peer group “swag attackers” which had been listed as one of those terrorizing residents of Nakiwogo, Lugonjo, and Kitooro in Entebbe Division A. The swag attackers are reportedly responsible for an attack that claimed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA to start emergency repairs on the Kyapa-Kasensero road. The 30 kilometres road which connects Kasensero town council and the landing site from Kakuuto trading centre in Kyotera district has since August last year been in a sorry state following the …

West Nile, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police Professional Standards Unit – PSU has decried the increasing level of general indiscipline among police officers in West Nile. Records indicate a rise in complaints against police officers from 17 in 2018 to 26 in 2019. Most of the cases are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah has summoned the Education Minister to address Parliament about the revised lower secondary curriculum scrapping term examinations. Oulanyah made the directive on Friday after Igara East MP Michael Mawanda questioned several issues in the revised curriculum whose implementation starts next …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 508 water sources have broken down in Nakaseke and Nakasongola districts, heightening a water crisis in one of the country’s water-stressed regions. According to the Auditor-General Report for the financial year 2018/19, a review of the quarterly reports and interview with the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Public Procurement and Disposal of Assets Bill, 2019,  which is expected to reduce the bureaucracies of Procurement. The Bill provides for electronic records and communication, the aggregation of procurement requirements and the inclusion of marginalized groups under reservation schemes. The …

  London, United Kingdom | AFP | Even for a maverick politician like Boris Johnson, backing Brexit four years ago was a huge gamble. But it has paid off spectacularly with Britain’s exit Friday from the European Union. The Conservative leader remains a divisive figure, hailed by many for his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Passengers traveling in and out of Uganda through Entebbe International Airport are ignorant about novel coronavirus, a new strain of zoonotic diseases that had not been previously identified in humans. The deadly virus, said to have originated from the Chinese city of Wuhan has so …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Museveni and Mbabazi: NRM Historicals, party leaders, cadres speak out THE WEEK Helicopter crash: World mourns NBA legend Kobe Bryant THE LAST WORD Why economic growth matters: Evidence of how GDP growth has led …