Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five suspects are in police custody for allegedly vandalizing electricity towers in Kakira town council and railway slippers in different parts of Jinja district. Their arrest comes two weeks after the collapse of one of the electric towers along the Kakira power line following the theft …

  Liberalization of air services in the EAC region will increase traffic volumes, improve connectivity and lower air transport fares Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The East African Business Council (EABC), a regional trade lobby, on Wednesday urged the East African Community (EAC) partner states to liberalize the air transport services …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Youths have asked the government to increase funding in the agricultural sector. Laban Musinguzi, the Executive Director of Agro Fresh Uganda, an organization that unites youths participating in agriculture and agribusiness says that government needs to invest in training youths on better farming practices and also …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recovery of the economy has suffered a setback following the 42 days that the country was under a lockdown, this is according to economic analysts. The economy was recovering from the effects of the March-to-June 2020 lockdown, with both the Bank of Uganda and the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police has collected 909 million shillings from the express penalties issued to riders and motorists flouting traffic regulations and the Covid-19 guidelines. According to police records, security personnel arrested more than 11,500 people during lockdown but only 2,117 were taken to court as repeated offenders. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General and acting Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Jackson Kafuzi has urged Ugandans to register their intellectual property with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau in order for them to benefit from their inventions. Speaking to reporters at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked Members of Parliament to support proposed amendments to the Land Act. Museveni’s request was communicated by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to Chairpersons, Deputy Chairpersons, and different regional whips of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in parliament. This was during …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators have been tasked to appraise the impact of Emyooga funds in their constituencies within a week prior to commencement of the much anticipated Shs490 billion Parish Development Model (PDM). The Emyooga, a presidential initiative on wealth and job creation, was rolled out in October 2020 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Auditor General should institute a forensic audit into all Covid-19 expenditures to ascertain value for money, the Parliamentary Task Force on the national Covid-19 response has recommended. In its report presented to Parliament, the task force stated that government provided Shs4 trillion to finance …

Copenhagen, Denmark | Xinhua | The virus that causes COVID-19 has not been detected in breast milk and breastfeeding does not need to be discontinued during COVID-19 infection nor following vaccination of the mother, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Europe said on Wednesday. The latest finding, although based …