Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The insurance industry is adjusting its operational and business modules to cater for the new challenges facing the industry, the economy and social life, after unprecedented developments like COVID-19 over the last one year. The industry says this is a response to concerns that losses …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Sub-Saharan African economies are projected to grow between 2.3 and 3.4 percent in 2021 depending on the policy measures adopted by countries in the region and the international community, the World Bank said in a report released on Wednesday. According to Africa’s Pulse report, the growth …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Church of Uganda Archbishop Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has criticized the rampant cases of incest reported in different parts of the country. “There are fathers, uncles, and cousin brothers in our families who have defiled their daughters and sisters and impregnated them. This is …

Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A combined force of the army and police in Napak district are hunting for the group of unknown thugs who broke into the ancestral home of the General Court Martial chairperson, Lt. General Andrew Gutti and made off with a massey ferguson tractor. The thugs …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grade One Magistrate Court in Kapchorwa has remanded twenty men suspected to be members of a cult. They appeared on Tuesday before Grade One Magistrate Kwizera Vian. They were arrested last week for holding an illegal assembly and unlawful procession. The group led by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Record TV, a commercial television broadcaster in Uganda has closed its operations effective March 31, 2021. The TV was owned by a 67 year old television company based in Sanpaolo, Brazil but with multiple channels across five continents. It has operated in Uganda for 15 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mulago National Referral Hospital has denied sending away a helpless grandfather of conjoined twins, after failing to separate a dead twin from another who was still alive. The twins were born through Cesarean section more than a week ago at Amuria hospital. At birth, one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCCA FC interim head coach, Morley Byekwaso has vowed to put KCCA FC at the top of the table. He replaces Mike Hilary Mutebi whose contract was terminated. Byekwaso was Mutebi’s assistant coach at the club. Byekwaso believes that he will use his experience of …

Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty crested cranes have killed in various wetlands in Lwengo district within a space of two weeks. Dr. Adalbert Ainomuchunguzi, the regional manager of International Crane Foundation (ICF) in East Africa says that they found the bodies of the crested cranes during their survey to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Rules, Discipline and Privilege Committee has proposed an amendment to the rules of procedure to allow for a Speaker of Parliament to resign voluntarily. The Rules Committee chairperson, Clement Ongalo while presenting the report to parliament on Tuesday said that currently, the Parliament’s rules …