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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only 48 per cent of young people have comprehensive knowledge about how HIV is spread and how they can guard against it, according to data shared by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Uganda, this afternoon. For one to have comprehensive knowledge …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has appointed a grass root mobilization team ahead of the 2021 general elections. Addressing journalists on Monday at the party headquarters in Najjanakumbi, FDC spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda says that team will traverse different parts of the country …

Real estate experts react on the Electrical Plaza near Nakasero Market Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Plot 11, Market Street and Kiyembe Lane in Kampala Central District have changed their physical face following the official opening of a new commercial building – Electrical Plaza. It joins a list of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Pan African Parliament (PAP) has approved a model law intended to transform the Police services in Africa from what they termed as oppressive to one that respects and promotes democracy and peoples rights. PAP which brings together five legislators from each of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Water and Sewerage Corporations (NWSC) is planning a massive shutdown of water supply in parts of Kampala,Mukono and Wakiso. According to a statement from the NWSC, the shutdown planned to take effect on Tuesday October 15 is due to routine maintenance works …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has announced water supply interruptions in some parts of Kampala on Tuesday 15th October, 2019 from 7am to 7pm. “This is to enable our engineers undertake routine maintenance works at Ggaba water treatment plant and other associated system …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lack of basic computer skills by teachers is hindering the ongoing Teacher Management and Information System-TMIS exercise in Kigezi sub-region. The exercise was introduced by the Ministry of Education to streamline the registration of teachers and harmonize their records for better planning and management. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Recent graduates from Makerere University have been blocked from registering and practicing as medical professionals by the Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council (UMDPC), due to lack of certificates. They include 135 Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery and 16 Bachelors of Dental Surgery graduates. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The hearing a case in which German National Bernhard Berry Glaser is expected to start today at Masaka High Court. Glaser, the Director of Ssese Humanitarian Service, an NGO located in Mwena landing site in Kalangala district is facing 8 charges of aggravated defilement …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University School of Public Health (MakSPH) is set to celebrate 25 years of training of public health specialists and research. The celebrations scheduled for this week according Dr Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho, the head of the school’s department of Health Policy Planning and Management …