Wankulukuku, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 19th edition of the Airtel Masaza cup kicked off on Saturday 24th June 2023 at Mutesa II Stadium, Wankulukuku where the Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II graced the opening match where Mawokota defeated Busiro in a 3- 1 Score. As before, the tournament …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government is in the advanced stages of introducing a policy to regulate alternative dispute resolution.  Alternative Dispute Resolution -ADR is a mechanism of settling conflicts amicably without necessarily going to courts of law. While addressing journalists on Sunday in Kampala, the Justice and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Magistrates court at Mengo has remanded to Luzira Prison for six months, Bunyangabu Member of Parliament, Davis Kamukama  over a shs69.1 million debt. Kamukama borrowed shs29 million from Dahu Investments Limited but because he failed to pay, the loan accumulated up to shs …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After a significant period of waiting, both private and public schools will finally receive the textbooks for the new curriculum, the Ministry of Education and Sports has announced. Despite the implementation of the new curriculum in 2020, numerous aspects ranging from teacher training to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Central Executive Committee (CEC) has finally tabled quarterly reports for the financial year 2022/2023 before the Council, just two weeks before the end of the fiscal year. The reports were presented by Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura, following months of demands from …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 89,000 children under the age of five and 10,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in the nine districts of Karamoja are in dire need of immediate assistance due to severe malnutrition. This distressing revelation comes from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been cleared to receive another 120 million dollars (440 billion shillings) loan under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) of the International Monetary Fund. The IMF Executive Board on Wednesday concluded the fourth review of Uganda’s ECF, And this now enables the immediate …

Ottawa, Canada | XINHUA |  The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Thursday that a debris field found by searchers near the Titanic earlier in the day is wreckage from the missing Titan submersible. In a press briefing Thursday afternoon, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said a remotely operated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Finance, in charge of General Duties, Henry Musasizi has said that sh22 billion has been released to the Ministry of Health to pay and deploy the interns. Health Minister Ruth Aceng however said the sh22 billion is not enough. She …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has ordered the Attorney General and Ambassador James Idule Amoko to file their defense in the case in which the biological children of the late Supreme  Court Justice Stella Arach are contesting her burial in Adjumani District. The order …