NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Activists participating in drafting the third phase of the National Development Plan want the plan to promote good governance for socio-economic transformation of the country. The plan replaces the Poverty Eradication Action Plan (PEAP) which ended in 2010 to guide the country’s development programmes in …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NRM leaders in Kasese district are renewing calls for the split of Kasese into four districts. A section of leaders from Kasese, especially those subscribing to the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party, have been pushing for the split of the district. In 2010, Kasese …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Representatives of Finasi International FZC on Thursday failed to appear before the Parliamentary committee on National Economy which is probing into the Lubowa hospital saga. Finasi International FZC which is the majority shareholder in the Finasi/ROKO Special Purpose Vehicle for the construction of the International …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Stella Nyanzi has been found guilty of cyber harassment. On Thursday, Buganda Road Court Grade one Magistrate, Gladys Kamasanyu convicted Nyanzi on grounds that there was overwhelming evidence. However, Nyanzi was acquitted of offensive communication because prosecution failed to adduce evidence to show …

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Rwanda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo is not closed, the country’s ministry of health has clarified in a statement. The statement comes hours after DRC President Felix Tshisekedi’s office condemned what it said was the closure of the border, that affected …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT, URN & AFP |  A Ugandan activist jailed last year for insulting President Yoweri Museveni, was convicted of cyber harassment of the head of state on Thursday for which she could face a further three years in prison, her lawyer said. The Ugandan university researcher …

Goma, DR Congo | AFP | Rwanda has shuttered its frontier with Ebola-hit Democratic Republic of Congo after a third case of the deadly virus was detected in the border city of Goma, the Congolese presidency said Thursday. The announcement coincided with the first anniversary of an epidemic that has claimed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Producers of baby food have resorted to aggressive marketing in health centers contrary to the WHO Food and Drugs (Marketing of Breast milk regulations 2006) on supplementary foods. The regulations prohibit any form of promotion for the products and the use of health facilities …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday turned away officials from Makerere University Business School (MUBs) for presenting inconsistent Statements of Accounts. MUBS Principal Wasswa Balunywa had led a team of University officials before the committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nathan Nandala Mafabi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Security Gen. Elly Tumwine has asked for more time to respond to allegations made against him in relation to contempt of Parliament. Gen. Tumwine on Thursday appeared before Parliament’s Rules, Privileges and Discipline Committee investigating allegations of contempt of parliament levelled …