Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will have more trade options upon the Implementation of the Regional Infrastructure Master Plan of the Intergovernmental Agency on Development (IGAD). The masterplan seeks to establish infrastructure development priorities for IGAD countries; Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. The move will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kawempe Regional Referral Hospital is recording an increase in the number of women with baby-less pregnancies. Also known as molar pregnancy, the condition represents an abnormality of the placenta caused by genetic errors in cell multiplication during the fertilization process. As a result, it leads …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has appointed Simon Kaboggoza as the new Chief Executive Officer of Buganda Land Board, a company that manages as the kingdom land. Kaboggoza replaces David Kyewalabye Male who in February last year was appointed as Minister in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The inability of candidates to read and comprehend questions in national exams is a result of poor teaching methods used in many schools according to some teachers. While releasing the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education-UACE results last week, Uganda National Examinations Board-UNEB highlighted poor comprehension …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government officials are at the centre of grabbing public land across the country. This is according to the chairperson of the Uganda Land Commission, Beatrice Byenkya Nyakaisiki. Speaking to reporters at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Byenkya who has been in the position since …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority will start using drones to monitor remote routes that have been used by smugglers to bring goods into the country without paying tax. The project which will see the tax body receive at least 500 million Shillings in the next budget, will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered Traffic police to conduct separate investigations into the accident that claimed the life of Ritah Nabukenya, a member of the People Power political pressure group. Nabukenya succumbed to injuries sustained in an accident in Nakawa …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC wants government to explain the violence directed at opposition politicians if they are to sit and discuss under the Interparty Organization for Dialogue – IPOD. The FDC party spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda told journalists during the weekly press briefing …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Tyson Fury and dethroned world champion Deontay Wilder will stage the next leg of their fight trilogy in July at the Las Vegas venue where their rematch took place. Wilder officially exercised his right to another fight against Fury and plan is to have …

Baghdad, Iraq | AFP | Iraqi protesters had been rallying against government incompetence, poor public services and foreign political meddling for months. Then the novel coronavirus hit and fuelled their grievances. “The real virus is Iraqi politicians,” said Fatima, an 18-year-old protester and medical student from Baghdad. “We are immune to …