Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament has tasked the Minister of Health Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng to explain her ministry’s failure to have students under the Clinical Medicine and Community Health program carry out internship. Speaker Rebecca Kadaga’s directive followed a matter of national importance raised …

Washington, US | Xinhua | The United States is prepared to meet immediately with Russia to finalize a verifiable nuclear arms control agreement, the State Department said in a statement on Tuesday. “We appreciate the Russian Federation’s willingness to make progress on the issue of nuclear arms control,” the statement …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | Somalia’s Somaliland said Tuesday it is holding ten suspects who have been rounded up in two separate incidents of wildlife trafficking in the past three weeks. The police said some suspects were arrested in Hargeisa while attempting to sell three young cheetah cubs to the highest …

Washington, US | Xinhua | The U.S. Commission on Presidential Debates on Monday announced a new rule on muting the microphones of President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden to give them each two uninterrupted minutes at the beginning of every debate segment in the upcoming final presidential …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 15 suspects are in police custody following their arrest from in a betting hall at Mabirizi Plaza in Kampala on Tuesday afternoon. The suspects were picked up by a joint security team comprising Local Defence Units –LDUs and Field Force Unit –FFU …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel and local leaders from East Acholi have recommended the opening of access roads along porous border points with neighbouring Karamoja region to avert influx of armed Karimojong rustlers. This follows the repeated influx of armed Karimojong cattle thieves from Kotido district through …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have raised concern over the government plan to give an additional 50 billion Shillings to Kampala and Wakiso districts under the Emyooga, a government initiative aimed at wealth creation and employment. The initiative is part of government strategies to transform …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Technical College-UTC Lira has received 20 Billion Shillings under the Uganda Skill Development Project. The disbursement brings to four, the number of Uganda Technical Colleges that have received funding from the Ministry of Education and Sports with support from the World Bank. Under …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police arrested Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party activists protesting against Uganda’s plans to construct roads in the Democratic Republic of Congo- DRC. Two weeks ago, the Minister for Works General Katumba Wamala said that Uganda will construct a road in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP party has called for the intervention of the Electoral Commission following complaints by their members that some media houses especially in upcountry areas are denying them air space. Joel Ssenyonyi, the NUP party spokesperson says that they have received complaints …