Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny Dollo has castigated the retirement of High Court Judges at sixty-five years, adding that if he had authority, this is something he would change. He was addressing the seventeen judges on Wednesday who were appointed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni …

Canberra, Australia | Xinhua | The Australian government has overturned a ban on tennis star Novak Djokovic entering the country, clearing his way to compete in the Australian Open. Andrew Giles, the Minister for Immigration, on Thursday confirmed that Djokovic has been granted a temporary visa to enter the country. It …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local residents and leaders in West Nile are excited following the delivery of the first Computed Tomography (CT) scan to Arua Regional Referral Hospital by the health ministry. CT scan is a medical imaging technique used in radiology to get detailed images of the body …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Mitch McConnell was re-elected as Republican leader in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. A longtime Senate Republican leader from Kentucky, McConnell defeated U.S. Senator Rick Scott of Florida reportedly in a 37 to 10 vote. McConnell, 80, tweeted on Wednesday afternoon that he’s honored to have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former lawmakers have cautioned the Speaker of Parliament Anita Among against using her powers to suffocate debate aimed at reprimanding the first son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba over his ‘irritating’ Twitter posts. This comes a day after Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament raised …

Terego, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several households in Terego district are opposed to the ongoing Indoor Residual Spraying-IRS program citing various concerns. In November, the Ministry of Health launched IRS against the female anopheles mosquitoes to reduce the high malaria burden in West Nile and Lango sub regions. The exercise …

Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nwoya district has so far recovered 101 million Shillings from technical staff accused of diverting funds for the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM). The recovery of the funds follows an ultimatum issued late last month by Joveline Kalisa, the Deputy National Coordinator for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has given the government two weeks to present before the House a Bill seeking to give commercial banks power to regulate Islamic banking. This was during the plenary sitting on Wednesday in which Members of Parliament queried the delayed …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) and Tooro Kingdom have joined hands to clamp down on illegal traders of medicines in the Rwenzori region. Dr. Merdard Bitekyerezo, the chairperson of NDA says while the authority has previously been using surveillance, arrests, and raids on pharmacies …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is a miscalculation for the police leadership to use the recent attacks on different police posts without establishing the motive set of the attackers and why they are largely concentrated in central Uganda, the former army commander and President of the Alliance for National …