Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two children in Kasese municipality are nursing serious injuries they sustained in a blast. The incident happened at around 8:00pm on Tuesday in Kogere cell, Nyamwamba division when the minors were playing with an explosive device. The administration of Kilembe hospital has identified the minors as …
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Kakumiro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Kakumiro district are up in arms against the police over the surging cases of robbery in the area. Residents accuse police of doing nothing to stop gunmen staging attacks in various parts of the district. According to the residents, about ten robberies have occurred …
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Paris, France | Xinhua | French President Emmanuel Macron announced Tuesday evening that France will relaunch the construction of nuclear reactors to “guarantee France’s energy independence.” In his address to the nation, Macron said “we will, for the first time in decades, relaunch the construction of nuclear reactors in our country …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kira municipal council has passed a resolution for elevation to city status. The municipal mayor, Julius Mutebi Nsubuga moved the motion for the elevation of the municipality to a cultural and religious city. He explained that elevating Kira municipality to city status will enhance the tourism …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has started a nationwide validation exercise of staff in public schools. Recently, the Uganda National Teacher’s Union-UNATU requested the government to make an update of its payroll to ascertain the teachers who will be available when the schools reopen. Filbert …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patrick Bakka Male, the outgoing headteacher of Kings College Budo has passed on. Male passed on today morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital, where he was admitted on Monday after suffering a stroke. “With profound shock and a deep sense of sadness I inform you of …
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New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech said on Tuesday that they had asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to authorize booster shots of their COVID-19 vaccine for all adults 18 years old and over, seeking to broaden who is eligible for a third shot. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party-DP has started its internal process to identify candidates vying to represent the party in the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA. This is in preparation for next year’s EALA elections. Addressing journalists on Tuesday at the party headquarters at City House, the DP Secretary-General Gerald …
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Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Joint efforts should be made to restore security in the region, particularly in Afghanistan, after the U.S. military withdrawal from the country, a senior Iranian security official said on Tuesday. Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, was quoted by the Press TV as …
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Teachers have been suffering from anxiety about the future and economic uncertainty Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of private schools have asked the Ministry of Education and Sports to offer psychosocial support to teachers. Since March 2020 when the government closed all educational institutions following the outbreak of Covid-19, teachers …
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