Afriyea golf academy’s 2025 holiday programme tees off in Fort Portal Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Children in western Uganda on school holiday break this month, will have a great opportunity to learn and master the game of golf, courtesy of AFRIYEA Golf Academy. Uganda’s leading institution for …
Read More »Bishop cautions faithful against false doctrines
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop of Fort Portal Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert Muhiirwa, has cautioned Catholics in the diocese against following teachings that contradict the official doctrine of the Catholic Church. His remarks follow the suspension of Rev. Fr. Aloysius Musasizi, a member of …
Read More »Fort Portal schools struggle to teach local languages amid resource gaps
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Head teachers of secondary schools in Fort Portal City have expressed concern over the challenges they face in implementing the teaching of local languages under Uganda’s new lower secondary curriculum. Despite the government’s emphasis on promoting indigenous languages to preserve cultural heritage and …
Read More »Watu Shule launches in Fort Portal
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bold move to combat Uganda’s soaring road traffic accidents, Watu Uganda has launched “Watu Shule,” a specialized motorcycle riding school in Fort Portal City today (April 11). The initiative is designed to deliver high-quality, structured training to boda boda riders—who remain …
Read More »Fort Portal civil servants endure 9 months without salary
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 30 civil servants in Fort Portal City have cried out as they struggle with non-payment of salaries for months. The frustrated workers say that they have spent nine months without pay, and are facing tough times and can’t hardly find what to eat, …
Read More »Fort Portal heightens measures to curb spread of Ebola
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal City and Kabarole District leaders have announced measures to contain the spread of Ebola. Currently six suspected Ebola patients are admitted in the Isolation Unit at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital awaiting results from their samples that were taken to Uganda …
Read More »Fort Portal Hospital rules out negligence in death of Tooro music artist
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The administration at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital (FRRH) has addressed growing social media criticism accusing medical personnel at the facility of neglecting Tooro musician Moses Kigambo, who was rushed there with abdominal obstruction and later died on Saturday evening. A video on …
Read More »Museveni tells tea farmers: Take on high value crops
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked farmers to diversify from the traditional tea growing to other high commercial value crops. In his address during the National Labour’s day celebrations held in Mukabura playground in Fort Portal Tourism City, Museveni said tea doesn’t have high global …
Read More »NWSC to boost water supply in Fort Portal, two other cities
Fort Portal , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has initiated a comprehensive feasibility study to revamp, expand, and develop water and sanitation infrastructure in Fort Portal Tourism City, along with surrounding areas within a 50-kilometer radius. This endeavor, supported by a grant from …
Read More »Fort Portal leaders demands transfer of RCC after Mayor verbally assaulted
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal city council authorities are demanding the immediate transfer of the Resident City Commissioner, Hellen Kamwine, and her two deputies following a heated standoff between the mayor, Edson Asaba Ruyonga, and the Fort Portal City North Division Deputy Resident City Commissioner, Andrew …
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