NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commissioner in charge of the Climate Change Unit in the Ministry of Water and Environment Chebet Maikut is dead. Maikut died on Wednesday morning after complaining of ill health last evening. Alfred Okot Okidi, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Water and Environment confirmed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in the oil-rich Bunyoro region have demanded for exposure to commercial opportunities in oil and gas sector. According to the farmers they have all the goods and services to supply in the oil and gas sector but do not know the quality and the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organisations-CSOs in West Nile region have raised an alarm over the high levels of alcohol consumption in the region. A survey conducted by Arua District NGO Network-ADINGON shows that alcohol intake in the region stands at 75 percent with men taking the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rising Internet connectivity is making children vulnerable to sexual abuse, online harassment, bullying, recruitment by extremist groups, and other risks, according to a new report by the broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. The report, produced by the Commission’s working group on Child Online Safety, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While Telemedicine is seen by many as a crucial intervention to increase access to universal health coverage in Uganda, regulators are insisting that an applicable law must be in place. Telemedicine refers to a combination of remote diagnosis and treatment of patients through telecommunication …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | New Zealand-based software house; Seequent, has unveiled a Geoscience data portal, that aims to improve the geoscience understanding of Jinja and Mbarara district in Eastern and Western Uganda. The portal makes geoscience data freely available to encourage investment. The primary aim is to encourage …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  With a just a month away to the Primary Leaving Examinations-PLE, Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB has stepped up efforts to sensitise school authorities against examination malpractice.   The vice, which has increasingly become part of Uganda’s education system, is attributes to various factors including commercialization of …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Chinese International Construction Company [CICCO] has won the contract to construct Kabale Central Market.  The contract was signed on Tuesday by Ben Kamugisha, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government in Kampala. According to the Memorandum of Understanding, construction of the market will cost …

Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | Land officials implicated in the alleged fraudulent land transactions in Jinja district must personally be held to account for their actions, Lands’ Minister Betty Amongi Ongom has told the Land Commission of Inquiry. Amongi on Tuesday said that the registrars must be subjected to carry their …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament was on Tuesday released from Kasese Central Police Station without any charges. Zaake together with eleven youths from Kasese were arrested on Tuesday afternoon at Bamboocha Gardens Resort where they were having a meeting. Kasese Municipality Member of Parliament Robert …