Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Makerere University dons have renewed calls for government to provide scholarships for PhD (Doctor of Philsophy) students. This was during the opening day of the annual forum for graduate research and policy dialogue held at Makerere University’s Yusuf Lule Teaching Facility on Thursday. Makerere …

Veterinarians as Essential Health Workers COMMENT | Dr Jesse Mukisa Mutesasira | In a lay man’s language, One health is an approach where many cats chase one rat. The cats consist of a collection of different professionals working under one team to achieve the same set target or solution towards …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Week-long activities to mark World Veterinary Day (WVD) 2024 in Uganda climax today April 26 in Rakai with celebrations organised by the Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) in partnership with Ministry of Agriculture and Animal industry and fisheries (MAAIF), and the Food and Agriculture organisation FAO. …

  COMMENT | By Dr. Isabel Mweheire | Veterinary doctors, also known as Veterinarians or Veterinary surgeons are trained to detect, diagnose, treat, prevent and control diseases in animals. In so doing, they have a duty to prevent the human population from acquiring some diseases that can come from animals. There …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua city have in their custody a 51-year-old man who was captured on social media flogging an elderly woman at Manibe Trading Center along Arua-Koboko road. Twalibu Avutia, a resident of Baruku cell, Baza ward, Arua central Division was on Wednesday captured …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business came to a standstill in sections of Jinja city’s industrial area after five trucks got stuck at different points along Factory Street, in Masese ward, in the southern division. This follows heavy rains, which filled up giant existing potholes, that drivers accidently drove …

Gothenburg, Sweden  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda is on a long list of autocratic countries in the world, according to the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute’s eighth annual Democracy Report 2024. The report says the world is almost evenly divided between 91 democracies and 88 autocracies.  Nevertheless, 71% of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Head of the Criminal Investigations Department of Police, Major Tom Magambo has revealed that they have what he describes as “very good leads” to who paid the killers of former Senior State Attorney Joan Kagezi Namazzi. Assassins gunned down Joan Kagezi nine years ago. …

  COMMENT | JULIUS KENNETH OKURUT | Uganda’s tax administration landscape  has witnessed a significant transformation with the introduction of Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS). Spearheaded by the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), EFRIS is a digital system designed to streamline and regulate the issuance of invoices and receipts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Baati has launched its 60th anniversary campaign at a media event held in Kampala today. Founded in 1964, Uganda Baati has been at the forefront of the steel manufacturing industry, introducing numerous advancements and achieving many firsts in Uganda and the region. It …