Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bus operators have deployed more buses upcountry in response to the increased demand ahead of the school reopening on Monday. Schools are expected to resume on January 10th, 2022 following the nearly two-year closure as part of the COVID-19 containment measures. Several buses have been …
Read More »Former Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality MP succumbs to COVID-19
Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gordon Arinda, the former Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality Member of Parliament has succumbed to COVID-19. Arinda breathed his last at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital on Sunday where he was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit on Friday. Mary Karooro Okurut, the former General Duties Minister confirmed Arinda’s …
Read More »Enforcement of Covid-19 vaccination mandate to start in April
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The public will be required to present proof of full vaccination to access transport services effective 1st April, 2022. Addressing journalists at the Media Centre on Friday, the Minister for Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said that all passengers aged 18 years and above will …
Read More »Police warns public on scholarship scams
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have warned the public about bursary and scholarship scams as schools reopen next week. Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson says that a number of conmen are targeting vulnerable parents, schools, and guardians with fake bursaries, scholarships, and fundraising activities. “As schools prepare to …
Read More »Mbarara City FC petitions UPL after defeat to KCCA FC
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City Football club has petitioned the Uganda Premier League (UPL) secretariat claiming that KCCA FC used a player who was not allowed to feature in a match on January 5th, 2022. In the said StarTimes Uganda Premier League match played at the MTN Omondi …
Read More »Bulambuli sub accountant arrested for extorting UGX 3million from UWEP beneficiaries
Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | James Bukomba, the sub accountant of Buyaga town council in Bulambuli district is in trouble for allegedly extorting 3 Million Shillings from a women’s group. The money applied is under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program. Bukomba was arrested on Thursday on the orders of the …
Read More »MultiChoice Uganda returns Step Up Campaign
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pay TV service provider, MultiChoice Uganda, has returned the Step-Up promotion for all its DStv and GOtv customers dubbed DStv Tukwongere and GOtv-Liinya Grade campaign. The campaign that comes every January is meant to enable MultiChoice customers move a notch higher with the bouquet packages …
Read More »Educators tasked to offer psychosocial support to teenage mothers
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu District Education Department has tasked all headteachers in primary and secondary schools to offer psychosocial support to pregnant girls and teenage mothers who will resume studies next week. The directive issued during a meeting with all school headteachers in Gulu city is aimed …
Read More »Mukono assistant town clerk interdicted over mismanagement of local revenue
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Principal Assistant Town Clerk for Mukono Central division, Ismael Mulambuzi Ssemyalo has been interdicted for allegedly mismanaging revenue. Since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown, Mukono like other municipalities has been complaining about difficulties in raising local revenue as well as funding the planned …
Read More »Man arrested in Kasese for allegedly defiling four minors
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kasese has arrested a 60-year-old Fred Mutesasira, for allegedly defiling four minors. Mutesasira, a resident of Saluti A cell in Kasese municipality is said to have been luring the minors aged between three and seven years into sexual acts with petty items …
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