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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Education expert and veteran educator Professor Fred Masagazi Masaazi has described as a white elephant, an education response plan mooted by the Ministry of Education in response to the continued closure of schools. The Ministry of Education launched the plan as one of the …

📌 Salons to remain closed 📌 Arcades remain closed 📌 Schools remain closed 📌 Curfew to stay 📌 4 instead of 3 in private cars 📌 Restrictions on Boda Bodas remain 📌 Restrictions on Religious gatherings remain Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said government will …

📌 Curfew to stay 📌 4 instead of 3 in private cars 📌 Restrictions on Boda Bodas remain 📌 Restrictions on Religious gatherings remain 📌 Restrictions on cross-border entry will be maintained 📌 Salons to remain closed 📌 Arcades remain closed Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni …

Psychologists and psychiatrists recommend ways to help them understand and cope Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The COVID-19 pandemic, with its consequences of social isolation, increased hygiene demands, and lack of access to usual therapies and activities is causing adverse mental health among children. This was revealed by psychologists …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN |  President Yoweri Museveni will outline the government’s steps in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, and also outline new measures related to the lock-down that has been in place since March. While government eased the lock-down three weeks ago, some measures like …

COVID-19 Crisis exposes government weakness Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | June 22 should have seen the re-opening of schools across the country for the start of second term if a programme announced by the Minister of Education and Sports, First Lady Janet Museveni, was being followed. But schools are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Schools to open or not to open: COVID-19 Crisis exposes government weakness THE LAST WORD One year later: Reflections on the passage of an icon who did so much to shape who I …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The repatriation of Ugandans stuck abroad because of the COVID-19 pandemic will start this week with Uganda Airlines flying home several from South Africa. “Uganda Airlines will operate a repatriation charter flight for Ugandans in South Africa; Johannesburg to Entebbe on 25th June 2020,” Uganda …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Two COVID-19 suspects who were under quarantine at Pandwong Health Center III in Kitgum Municipality fled for their dear lives into the community following the frightening sound of gunshots within the health facility,  on Saturday evening. It’s reported that a police officer who was guarding …

ROME, Italy | XINHUA | Ilaria Cappuccioni was so enthusiastic about marrying her boyfriend, Sonny Casimirri, that she was the one to pop the question. The couple was originally scheduled to be married next week, but as Italy emerges from the coronavirus pandemic they decided to delay the ceremony until …