Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three civil servants of Kabale district local government have committed to refunding 42.94 million Shillings. They are Vianney Besigomwe, Maziba sub-county Chief, James Magezi sub-county cashier, and Loyce Asiimwe District Clerk to Council. The funds under the District Development Equalization Grant (DDEG) were released between …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is considering revoking its partnership and grant aiding private schools that are faulting the Universal Education policy. The State Minister in Charge of Primary Education Doctor Joyce Moriku Kaducu, said that the government is going to withdraw its capitation grants and any support …

KIGALI, RWANDA | Xinhua | The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Rwanda have launched a Center of Excellence for Aviation Skills project to meet national and international aviation training standards and industry demand. The 26.6-million-U.S.-dollar project is in line with Rwanda’s national development strategy, Vision 2050, which underpins the need …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Teso sub-region now has hope for electricity access to households, commercial enterprises and public institutions thanks to the Access Scale-up Project (EASP) launched by Energy and Mineral Development Minister Ruth Nankabirwa. The project valued at USD 638 million and funded by the World Bank is …

LONDON, ENGLAND | Xinhua | Liverpool has an early chance to put pressure on its pursuers in the race for the Premier League title when it opens the weekend’s round of games with a visit to south-west London to face Brentford. Jurgen Klopp has a long injury list, with players …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), has revealed that only people with smartphones and mobile money numbers registered in their names will be recruited to enumerate in the national population census. Uganda is set to carry out its 6th national population census on the …

Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people have drowned on Lake Victoria after the boat they were traveling in capsized. The victims reportedly boarded an overloaded boat from Kirongo landing site heading to Kiyindi landing site on Thursday.  They have been identified as Kabenge, the boat operator, Karisimati (a butcher …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Microsoft has denied claims by US regulators that it went back on its word by cutting jobs after it purchased Activision Blizzard – the biggest gaming deal in history, BBC reported on Feb.8 Microsoft Gaming announced 1,900 job cuts in January, three months after the …

Both need his principled-pragmatism to combine fidelity to the goal with a concrete analysis of the situation COMMENT | SLAVOJ ZIZEK | It is now a century since Vladimir Lenin’s death, and more than three decades since his Bolshevik project collapsed. But while much of his political life was highly problematic …

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Kenya said Wednesday it has commenced rolling out tax incentives for foreign investors who set up establishments worth more than 10 billion shillings (about 65.5 million U.S. dollars). Abubakar Hassan, the principal secretary in the Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry, told a trade forum …