Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious institutions under the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda have developed Standard Operating Procedures-SOPs to guide the safe re-opening of places of worship. Borrowing a leaf from neighbouring Kenya and Rwanda which have already announced the gradual resumption of congregational worship in churches, synagogues, and …

Washington, US | XINHUA | The United States failed to recognize the coronavirus threat from Europe in time, Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has said. Since the country’s COVID-19 epidemic broke out, the United States has reported over 4.4 million confirmed cases …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Africa still has a chance to contain the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent once proper measures taken, John Nkengasong, director of the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said on Thursday. According to the released data as of July 29 by the CDC …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump raised the possibility on Thursday of delaying the country’s presidential election in November, alleging that “universal mail-in voting” will make the 2020 election “the most inaccurate and fraudulent” in history. “It will be a great embarrassment to the USA,” he continued. …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | China on Wednesday urged the likes of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to immediately stop words and acts that damage Chinese interests and China-U.S. relations. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said this at a press briefing when asked to comment on Pompeo’s speech at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Even with the push by sections to have private hospitals start offering COVID-19 related care coupled with the increasing number of patients testing positive for the virus being picked from private health facilities, the possibility of them being allowed to offer such care remains …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority-URA and musician Joseph Mayanja aka Chameleone have agreed to settle the 77 million shillings tax evasion case outside court. The decision was announced on Thursday by the State Attorney Hilda Bakanansa. Mayanja was expected to take a plea to charges related …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Budadiri West MP Nandala Mafabi has lost a vote to become a council member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) on the technicality that his 2020 practicing license was not renewed. ICPAU published a list of seven members that have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have today shown support to the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga as she contests for the position of Second National Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Although Kadaga did not tell the MPs the purpose for the meeting at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has questioned the failure by the president to appoint a new chairperson for the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). The previous chairperson of the commission Med Sozzi Kaggwa died in November last year. However, he has never been …