Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kalungu West Member of Parliament, Joseph Ssewungu has raised concern about the delayed appointment of the Central Bank Governor. Ssewungu raised the issue during the plenary sitting on Wednesday and recounted that for more than a year, the Central Bank has operated without a substantive …

Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | At least 20 people were injured late Wednesday during a bomb attack at a small market in the city of Beni of the North Kivu province in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an army spokesman told Xinhua. Captain Anthony Mwalushayi, spokesman for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muwanga Kivumbi was unamused by the majority report, and noted that government could be losing well up to Shs8 trillion in tax exemptions, which he said makes no sense in light of budgeting constraints occasioned by pressures on the national resource envelope. “We have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Social Protection have decried proposed budget cuts on the senior citizens’ grant for the next financial year. The Chairperson of the forum, Flavia Kabahenda Rwabuhoro described the cuts as “extreme” and would subject the elderly persons to utmost …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four suspects including a teacher have appeared before the Kasangati Grade One Magistrates court for examination malpractice. The suspects are Guloba Tito, a resident of Seeta in Mukono district, Edward Kapale, a resident of Nakulabye in Kampala, Francis Etwalu, a resident of Seeta in Mukono …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs Maj Gen. Kahinda Otafiire has advised National Resistance Movement-NRM leaders and supporters who are demanding for change to follow the right procedures. Otafiire said that NRM was built on systems and clear procedures which must be respected and followed by …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued an urgent call for countries to crack down on substandard medical products, after more than 300 children died in multiple countries due to contaminated cough syrups. Over the past four months, the WHO said, several incidents have been …

🔵 Probe team named ✳ Mwine Mpaka (chair) ✳ Charles Bakkabulindi ✳ Karim Masaba ✳ Michael Kakembo ✳ Fortunate Nantongo ✳ Laura Kanushu ✳ Amos Kankunda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara South Division Member of Parliament, Mwine Mpaka has been named Chairperson of the select committee to investigate operations …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opposition Alliance for National Transformation-ANT has officially handed seasoned politician Alice Alaso its party flag ahead of the Serere county parliamentary by-elections. She recieved the ANT flag from its national coordinator and former leader of opposition in parliament, Winnie Kiiza at a press briefing …

  Yaounde, Cameroon | Xinhua | The Cameroonian government has not mandated “any foreign country or external entity” to mediate an armed separatist conflict in its English-speaking regions, the country’s Minister of Communication Rene Emmanuel Sadi said in a statement Monday night. The statement came barely four days after Canada’s foreign …