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By Kayiira Jackson  Officials from the Ministry of Education and Sports, together with the Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA) and Gulu City Local Government, have carried out a second inspection of facilities ahead of the upcoming USSSA National Ball Games II scheduled for July 8–18, 2026. The inspection team, led by Assistant Commissioner for Physical Education Sammy Odongo, visited …

More than 200 people died on Tuesday in a landslide triggered by heavy rains at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s mines ministry said on Wednesday. A senior official from the AFC/M23 rebel group, which controls the mine, told Reuters earlier that only five or six died in the accident. Rubaya produces around 15% …

Permanent Secretary, Bagiire Vincent Waiswa hands a plaque to Amb. Paul Mukumbya Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday held a retirement ceremony at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in honor of ambassadors and senior officials whose decades of service have shaped Uganda’s diplomatic presence across the globe. The permanent secretary, Bagiire Vincent Waiswa, …

Kampala, Uganda — The Ministry of Education and Sports has dismissed as false and misleading reports circulating on social media claiming that all schools in Uganda will reopen on April 4, 2026 due to the forthcoming General Elections. Hon. kedrace Turyagenda, the Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Education and Sports. (Courtesy photo) In an official statement issued on Monday, by …

Dar es Salaam – A high level stakeholder meeting is being held at the Ministry of Energy in Dar es Salaam between the Governments of the Republic of Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania as part of ongoing coordination and preparations for Uganda’s first oil under the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project. The meeting brings together a …

Dr.Aminah Zawedde, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology and National Guidance, has warned the public against the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) as the country heads toward general elections scheduled for Jan. 15, noting that the technology could be exploited by negative elements to sway public opinion. As Chairperson of the National Task Force on Artificial Intelligence, …

Kampala – Uganda’s science and innovation sector is reeling from mounting allegations of institutional decay, political interference and shadowy management of multi-billion-shilling projects, as fresh details emerge linking recruitment chaos at the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST) to a wider governance crisis at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). At the centre of the storm …

Mukono– The Ministry of Health has trained Community-Based Surveillance (CBS) supervisors on the use of the Electronic Community Health Information System (E.C.H.I.S), a digital tool designed to improve real-time reporting of health and environmental events from communities. The training, held at the Mukono District Health Department Boardroom, brought together Health Assistants, Health Inspectors, and members of the District Health Team …

A fresh wave of drama has erupted inside the Ministry of Works and Transport after the Head of Public Service, Lucy Nakyobe, reportedly ordered a halt to the transfer of long-serving Principal Communications Officer Susan Kataike. Kataike, who has served at Works for nearly 20 years, had been instructed by ICT Permanent Secretary Dr. Aminah Zawedde to take up a …

Uganda’s tech corridors have been thrown into celebration after Dr. Aminah Zawedde, the iron-lady steering the ICT Ministry, was dramatically unveiled among Africa’s Top 45 Most Influential Women in Digital Transformation. The bombshell recognition, dropped in the hot-off-the-press November 2025 CIO Africa Magazine, has crowned Zawedde as the only Ugandan rubbing shoulders with continental tech giants shaping Africa’s future. Sources …