Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government health centers in Mbale city have not had essential drugs for the past three months, according to health authorities. There are three government health centers in Mbale city namely; Busamaga health center III and Namatala health center IV in Mbale City Industrial Division and …

Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | The U.S. response to a Chinese weather balloon ignores its own track record of “global surveillance and bombing,” said an opinion piece published on the website of Al Jazeera. The U.S. shooting down the Chinese weather balloon in its airspace is a “bizarre military stunt” that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Eraibu Lugujjo, a distinguished educationist, has suggested that the education policy review commission ought to eliminate the prevailing fixation on marks and scores in the education system. According to Prof. Lugujjo, who previously served as the Vice Chancellor of Ndejje University and now the …

London, UK | Xinhua | The United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) concluded on Monday a new post-Brexit trade arrangement for Northern Ireland. The agreement — dubbed the “Windsor Framework” — was struck over the Northern Ireland Protocol, aiming to ease the trading issues created by the Protocol. After …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board-UBTEB has threatened to withdraw center numbers of tertiary institutions that have failed to comply with the standard requirements set by the board. The UBTEB Senior Assessment Officer of Agricultural sciences, Dr. Allison Ashaba Rwakanuma disclosed this at a press …

Paris, France | Xinhua | Lionel Messi of Argentina won the Best FIFA Men’s Player Award 2022 and Argentina was the biggest winner of the Best FIFA Football Awards 2022 here on Monday. This is the second time Messi won the award after he first won it in 2019 and Argentina, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team of experts has concluded their due diligence tour of the Turkish firm that has been contacted by the government to construct the Standard Gauge Railway. The exercise was aimed at determining the financial strength and the evidence of past performances of the company …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is seeking a constitutional amendment that will provide a window for the enlargement of the 48 hour rule under which a suspect is supposed to be produced before court. DPP Jane Frances Abodo says that the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two reigning Uganda long-distance runners have merged their training schedules ahead of the New York City half marathon. Jacob Kiplimo, the reigning World cross-country champion, and Joshua Cheptegei, who finished third at the just concluded cross-country championships in Bathurst, Australia, are jointly preparing for the …

Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four students suspected of masterminding the fire that gutted a dormitory block at Kyamate Secondary school in Ntungamo district are in police custody. The suspects are all senior three students, whose names have been held by URN since they are minors. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi …