Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Hoima-Kampala highway has been temporarily closed due to the River Kafu bursting its banks as a result of heavy rainfall, causing flooding. The River Kafu serves as the border between the Hoima and Kyankwanzi districts. The river overflowed on Monday evening around 5 …
Read More »Three teachers arrested after sharing UNEB exam papers on whatsapp
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have detained three teachers from Midland High School for the unauthorized possession of Uganda Certificate of Examination (UCE) papers. Jennifer Kalule Musamba, the spokesperson of the Uganda National Examination Board, has identified the suspects as chief invigilator Dalton Denis Lubega, a teacher at …
Read More »NSSF wins prestigious accolades at the 2023 FIRE awards
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund has again been recognized for its outstanding financial reporting, winning four accolades at the 2023 Financial Reporting Awards held recently in Kampala. The Fund won the prestigious Silver award, beating over 100 companies that submitted entries to the 12th …
Read More »Ireland approves sh400 billion for education in Karamoja
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government of Ireland has revealed plans to allocate €100 million ( sh400 billion) to support education in the Karamoja sub-region over the next five years. Irish government officials, accompanied by Esther Davinia Anyakun, the Nakapiripirit District Woman Member of Parliament and Minister of …
Read More »Jordan airdrops medical supplies to Gaza hospital
Amman, Jordan | Xinhua | A Jordanian Royal Air Force aircraft Monday airdropped urgent medical supplies to the Jordanian field hospital in the Gaza Strip, reported Jordan’s state-run Petra News Agency. The hospital was on the verge of running out of supplies due to the delay in land aid delivering …
Read More »Kagezi Murder: Four charged, remanded
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded two convicts and two prisoners, including a charcoal burner for terrorism and the murder of former Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions, Joan Namazzi Kagezi. The accused include Daniel Kisekka Kiwanuka, a peasant farmer and charcoal burner residing …
Read More »Museveni declares war on Kenyan fuel middlemen
✳Diesel I. Middlemen’s price – $118 II. Price from bulk suppliers or Refiners -$83 ✳ Petrol I. Middlemen’s price -$97.5 II. Bulk suppliers or Refiners’ price- $61.5 ✳ Kerosene: I. Middlemen’s price – $114 II. Bulk suppliers or Refiners’ price – $79 Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri …
Read More »School Director faints, hospitalised after arrest in case of defilement of 6 PLE candidates
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luwero have arrested a school director over allegations that he defiled six under age girls, all candidates of the primary seven class, and made one procure an abortion. The suspect has been identified as Jonah Ssebamanya the director of Kings Palace Primary …
Read More »Israeli troops encircle Gaza City as Palestinian death toll rises to 9,770
Gaza , Palestine | Xinhua | Israel’s military said its forces reached on Sunday the coast of Gaza City and encircled Hamas in the city, as the Palestinian death toll in the enclave rose to 9,770 amid Israel’s relentless bombardment. The Israeli military said in a statement that the armored 36th …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Leader of Queen Elizabeth Park and Lhubiriha attacks captured
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Abdul Rashid alias Njovu, leader of a group that is suspected to have killed two tourists and their Ugandan driver in Queen Elizabeth Park last month has been captured, President Yoweri Museveni has said. “This is to inform you that one of the killers of the tourists and …
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