Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The appointment of a new National Resistance Movement-NRM party registrar for Mukono district on polling day has caused confusion among voters. Benon Ssekanyo was appointed on Friday replacing Gerald Mukisa who allegedly resigned on Thursday. This left many party members including candidates questioning the district …

Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deus Bonane, the Hamurara village LCI chairperson in Bubaare sub-county, Rubanda East county, Rubanda district has been arrested for alleged voter bribery. Bonane was arrested at Hamurara polling station while distributing 5,000 shillings and surgical masks to supporters of the incumbent Henry Ariganyira Musasizi. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has confirmed that five of its staff have tested positive for Covid-19. A statement issued by Helen Kaweesa, the Assistant Director of Communications and Public Affairs indicates that the positive cases were recorded after a random testing exercise at the Parliament last week. …

✳ Uganda confirmed cases 3,353 ✳ Deaths 35 ✳ Recoveries 1,564 Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Over 467 of the 954 people who have in the last one month tested positive in Kampala have not yet been evacuated to treatment in isolation facilities, the Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A large number of people in Mulimira zone in Kamwokya in Nakawa West constituency continue to shun voting in the NRM primaries, seeking to be paid first before voting for any candidate. Nakawa West Constituency has three people participating in the race including the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | There were mixed reactions in parts of Wakiso on the guidance given by National Resistance Movement-NRM chairman Yoweri Museveni, allowing non-registered members of the party to participate in the ongoing primaries. Museveni recently guided that all party members with cards, but whose names do …

  Geneva, Switzerland | XINHUA | While children in every country have struggled with the impact of COVID-19 on their education, the refugee children have been particularly disadvantaged, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said in a new report issued on Thursday. UN figures showed that 1.6 billion learners across the …

Beijing, China | XINHUA | A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Thursday urged the U.S. State Department to immediately withdraw its decision to impose tighter limitations on Chinese diplomats. “We urge the U.S. State Department to immediately revoke the wrong move, stop obstructing normal exchanges between the two peoples and …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that donors and industry should allocate sufficient resources to ensure that African countries have access to a safe and efficacious COVID-19 vaccine. Richard Mihigo, Program Area Manager of Immunization and Vaccine Development of WHO, said the needs …

United Nations | XINHUA | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic has become a game-changer for international peace and security. The world has “entered a volatile and unstable new phase” in terms of the impact of COVID-19 on peace and security, the …