KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Products of the new lower secondary school curriculum are confident, can communicate better and can apply the acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes in reaI life situations. Presenting a Statement on the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) grading system under the new curriculum, the Minister …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The country is giving former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Boniface Aron Okoth Ogola a final salute with a funeral service starting 9am today at All Saints Cathedral Nakasero. The Government has granted an official burial to the late former IGP. The body leaves for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Centenary Bank, Uganda’s leading microfinance institution, has today announced that it will host this year’s edition of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) Annual General Meeting. The event, which will be held at the prestigious Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala will run …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Musa Lukwago, a resident of Kyengera on the outskirts of Kampala, started his delivery business in 2016. For a while, business was good—until he began receiving orders that required him to have a reliable means of transport. Determined to meet customer demand, Musa set …
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UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | China will always be a sincere friend and reliable partner of Uganda on the African country’s road to development and revitalization, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Tuesday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The traffic police directorate headed by Assistant Inspector General of Police, Lawrence Niwabiine, has released its 2024 road crash statistics showing that more Ugandans are perishing in traffic accidents every day. Niwabiine’s report shows 5,144 Ugandans died in traffic accidents in 2024 translating to …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) has resolved to allow mild cases of mpox to be treated from home. While the government has previously been strictly quarantining all cases of the viral disease at health facilities across the country, Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Mastercard Foundation has rallied corporations to invest more in the promotion of youth entrepreneurship to help uplift the livelihoods of young Ugandans. Mastercard Foundation Country Director in Uganda, Adrian Bukenya, says that currently the young persons in Uganda, who also account for more than …
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Those who have used online betting websites before remember that companies usually focus on a single category, such as a sportsbook or a casino. You can still find these kinds of operators in some African countries, but most of them want to provide as many sections as possible. Operators …
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Accelerating Uganda’s Leap into the New Economy Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a strategic move to accelerate Uganda’s leap into a knowledge-based economy, the Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) Secretariat, in collaboration with Future Lab, the Research to Industry Centre of Excellence, the Uganda National Council of Science and …
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