Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education Ministry has been faulted for failing to kick-start a $25million World Bank funded project for four years despite the disbursement of funds. The five-year Albertine Region Sustainability Development Project III was designed to upgrade two technical Institutions; the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba …
Read More »Uganda’s Hippos carry East African hopes in AFCON final
TODAY – 11pm Uganda 🇺🇬 vs Ghana 🇬🇭 Nouakchott, Mauritania | CAF ONLINE & THE INDEPENDENT | History beckons for Uganda’s Hippos as they become the first East African team to contest the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final today. No East African youth team has won the AFCON U20 …
Read More »Uganda celebrates massive Hippos 4-1 semifinal win
FT: Uganda 🇺🇬 4 Tunisia 🇹🇳 1 NEXT: Uganda vs Ghana – SATURDAY Kakooza hat-trick ⚽ 37′ ⚽ 50′ ⚽ 73′ Nouakchott, Mauritania | CAF ONLINE & THE INDEPENDENT | Derrick Kakooza starred with a hattrick as debutants Uganda continued with their dream run at the Total Under-20 Africa Cup …
Read More »BACK TO SCHOOL: P1 return June 7, Senior 1 on April 12
📌 UGANDA 🇺🇬 BACK TO SCHOOL SCHEDULE ▶ P1, P2 & P3 – June 7 ▶ P4 & P5 – April 6 ▶ P6, S3 & S5 – March 1 ▶ S1 – April 12 ▶ S2 – May 31 ▶ Tech schools/Post Primary institutions – March ▶ Universities – March …
Read More »Mental health challenge for re-opening school
Students, teachers return with post-COVID lockdown problems Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Schools are scheduled to re-open on Oct. 15, for some 1.2 million learners who are in their final year of their respective levels of formal education. But as school administrators and parents continue mulling over how to …
Read More »Entebbe Airport gears up for re-opening
Tough new COVID-19 measures for travellers Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Going through Entebbe International Airport has always been a rough experience for the average traveller but COVID-19 prevention protocols could make your check-in and check-out even more cumbersome. Before the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc around the world and …
Read More »2020 Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo
A big opportunity for Uganda, African economies Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Tourism players from across Africa gathered at Speke Resort Munyonyo located approximately 20 kilometers southeast of Kampala City starting Feb.4-6 to discuss the industry’s future prospects. This was the 5th Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) organized …
Read More »‘Education Ministry short of funds to implement lower secondary curriculum’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Education and Sports Ministry will struggle to implement the planned national roll out of the lower secondary curriculum unless required funding is secured. Only Shillings 10.3 billion out of the required Shillings 40 billion for the curriculum implementation has been released by …
Read More »Obituary: Kakooza’s woodwind clarinet goes silent
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Young and aging Ugandans can hardly envisage a police band without Josephine Kakooza. She was the face of the band and the band was her life. Many called her Maama Police, a name she won on the basis of a service that spanned five decades …
Read More »MP Kakooza admitted at Mbarara Hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabula county Member of Parliament, James Kakooza and his driver are admitted at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital after surviving a nasty accident along Masaka – Mbarara highway. The accident occurred around 11:00am at Lwebiteete village in Kiruhura Sub County in Kiruhura District when the …
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