Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | On January 6th, 2020, Police stopped a planned consultative meeting organised by the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament and People Power pressure group leader, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine that was scheduled to take place at Gayaza Our Lady of Good Counsel playground. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Electoral Commission has said that further delay to allocate money for elections may affect the electoral process. The call was made on Thursday by the Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama, chairperson Electoral Commission who presented the 2020/2021 national budget framework paper …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Democratic Party National Executive Committee- NEC was on Thursday marred by confusion. The party organized the meeting at their new home in Mengo on Balintuma road to discuss among others the party roadmap ahead of the 2021 elections. Earlier the DP Secretary-General Gerald …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni says that her Ministry faces a risk of not implementing several activities because of the reduction in budget. She says activities worth Shillings 1.68 trillion in the coming financial year 2020/2021 will not be implemented in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs lacks 545 Billion shillings to clear arrears in court awards that have accumulated in the past three years. Appearing before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee on Thursday, the Attorney General, William Byaruhanga said that there is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Lwemiyaga county Member of Parliament, Theodore Ssekikubo vowed to defy the quarantine restrictions in Sembabule district, minutes after being granted bail for the second time this week. Ssekikubo appeared this morning before the Masaka Chief Magistrate, Deogratius Ssejjemba on charges of inciting violence …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | UN investigators on Thursday called for thousands of children of jihadists who fought for the Islamic State group to be repatriated from Syria. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria said in a report that the children were in a “particularly precarious” situation since they often …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni says that there is a need for a well-funded national project to sustain the provision of free sanitary pads. Janet Museveni was on Thursday responding to queries by Members of Parliament sitting on the Education Committee …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Communities in Acholi sub-region in Northern Uganda have started facing the impact of the dry season. The dry spell spans from December to March or April characterized by drought occurrence and severity that impacts on people’s health due to excessive heat; crop failures, livestock …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has written to the Kenya High Commission protesting the seizures of Ugandan milk and milk products imported into Kenya. The letter dated January 15, 2020, notes that Uganda was also importing a lot of Kenyan products but has not …