Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of the Long-Distance Heavy Truck Drivers Associations in Uganda and Kenya have profiled 24 colleagues who were killed by gunmen while delivering cargo in South Sudan. A provisional list that dates back to 2013, includes names of 10 Eritrean nationals, eight Kenyans and six …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education says that schools will conduct remedial teaching and assessment to determine the promotion of learners when schools reopen. According to the ministry, all learners and semi candidates will first complete their respective class curriculum before they are promoted. Dr Dennis Mugimba, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A study on the digital economy in Uganda shows that only 26% of Ugandans are included and the rest are largely left out of the digital-aided services and economic activities. This is mainly because of the low penetration of digital-aided communication gadgets, the smartphone, but also …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has received an additional 655,053 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. 501,153 doses were donated by the French government while the 153,900 doses were from Belgium. Rudi Veestraeten, the Ambassador of Belgium to Uganda, says that this is part of the 350,000 doses the country …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake, has caused his Kawempe North counterpart Muhammad Ssegirinya to stay in jail. This is because Zaake committed himself to stand surety for Ssegirinya who is facing murder and terrorism charges but on Thursday, he was not …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Water and Environment, Beatrice Anywar, is concerned about the rapid rate at which Uganda is losing its forest cover, saying if it is not mitigated, the consequences could be dire. Anywar, who was presenting a statement on the status of environment …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors operating along Naboa road and Cathedral Avenue in Mbale city are bitter with Dot services over the slow progress of the road works. Mbale city is implementing the second phase of the Uganda Support to Municipality Infrastructural Development-USMID project. The contract was awarded to …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 tons of plastic waste have been recovered dumped in Masaka. The waste that includes mineral water and other soft drink bottles, polythene bags, and other household utensils were collected through the Masaka Recycling Initiative-MRI; a partnership between the Masaka Catholic Diocese and …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The acting foreign minister of the newly-formed administration of Afghanistan said Thursday that Afghanistan wants to have friendly relations with the international community, including the neighboring and regional countries. “The Islamic Emirate wants to have friendly relations with the international community and co-exist with all the nations …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has pledged to support the Orthodox church. On Wednesday, Museveni met a delegation from the church led by Metropolitan Makarios, Archbishop of Nairobi in Kenya who is also the caretaker of the Orthodox Church in Uganda. Makarios replaced the late Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga, …