Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Small scale traders want government to reduce taxes levied on electronic transactions, so as to increase their usability at the grassroots. Speaking to URN on Monday, business owners said that cashless transactions quicken trade and are more desirable for both consumers and traders alike, however, …

Tunis, Tunisia | Xinhua | The Tunisian Magistrates’ Association (AMT) started Monday a one-week strike in response to the president’s latest decision to sack 57 judges without the possibility of appeal, the country’s private radio station Mosaique FM reported. During the strike, only burial permits and extremely urgent terrorism cases will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 84 people were killed and another 339 injured in various road crashes during the Martyrs’ week. According to information from the Traffic Police Directorate compiled between May 29th and June 4, 2022, at least 423 people were involved in road crashes nationwide. Kampala …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | Ethiopia’s central bank on Monday told Ethiopians not to engage in “illegal” transactions in digital currencies. The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) said digital currencies like crypto-currencies and bitcoins haven’t been recognized by the NBE as a transactional and payment method, state affiliated Fana Broadcasting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Margret Mutonyi has sentenced nine people for different incidents of murder. The convicts appeared before Justice Mutonyi in the Mukono High Court on Monday. The first set of convicts comprised David Odeya, Jane Nabawanuka, John Kisala, and Paul Zimula, all residents of Ntoto village …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s ministry of health on Monday said it has heightened surveillance following the spread of monkeypox in some parts of the world. Dr. Henry Mwebesa, director general of health services, said although Uganda has not registered any case, there is a need to increase surveillance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has dismissed the Gogonyo county legislator Derrick Orone, and his Bukimbiri counterpart, Eddie Kwizera, and declared their seats vacant. The Court of Appeal panel led by Justice Egonda-Ntende, Monica Mugenyi, and Muzamiru Mutangula Kibeedi delivered the verdict in their judgment on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Michael Elubu has revised the Shillings 30million cash bail fees slapped against the former Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party president, Dr. Kizza Besigye. He delivered the verdict on Monday following an application by Besigye challenging the Shillings 30million bail slapped on him by Buganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The minister of health has warned that the country is experiencing an increase in the number of daily COVID-19 cases compared to the stable trends it observed since January. The increase is similar to the rise the country faced in June 2021 when the Delta …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected outbreak of the African Swine Fever (ASF) has killed dozens of pigs in Lakang sub county, Amuru district. Piggery farmers in Kololo and Tee Okuttu parishes say that they first noticed the strange disease in the area last month. The farmers say the …