Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 486 health workers of both private and government health facilities in Amuru have been registered for the COVID-19 vaccine. Amuru received 3,000 dozes of the vaccines from the Ministry of Health on Tuesday evening to be administered to 1,500 people. It is part of 964,000 …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three passengers have been confirmed dead and four others critically injured when a trailer rammed into a taxi in Luweero district.  The accident occurred at Kakinzi village in Luweero district along the Kampala-Gulu highway yesterday evening. It involved a Kampala bound trailer registration number T141 …

Kylian Mbappé’s first-half penalty ensured a comfortable route to the last eight for the home side. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Paris resisted first-half pressure to earn a 1-1 draw at the Parc des Princes and eliminate Barcelona 5-2 on aggregate in their round of 16 tie. Barcelona’s purposeful opening …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Capital Markets Authority expects to reap Non Tax Revenue of  1.15 billion Shillings from the listing of telecom giant MTN Uganda on the Uganda Securities Exchange. This was disclosed by the Chief Executive Officer of the authority Keith Kalyegira while appearing before the Finance …

Justice Byabakama has questioned why Kyagulanyi failed to present the same result forms before the Supreme Court Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Simon Byabakama, the chairman of the Electoral Commission has challenged former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi not to mislead Ugandans by parading results which he failed to table …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Liverpool secured a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 2-0 victory over RB Leipzig in Budapest on Wednesday evening. The Reds took the lead in Hungary with 20 minutes remaining when Diogo Jota teed up Mohamed Salah, who finished smartly …

To enforce the surveillance on aflatoxins, all importers of maize will have to be registered in the next two months Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya plans to heighten surveillance of aflatoxin on maize imports from the east African region, an official said on Wednesday. Lawrence Omuhaka, chief administrative secretary, Ministry …

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Xinhua | Lawmakers in Rio de Janeiro have voted in favor of a proposal to rename the iconic Maracana stadium after Brazil legend Pele. The bill will be passed to Rio’s acting governor, Claudio Castro, who has up to 15 days to sign it into law, …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kamuli police have launched a manhunt for a man accused of chopping his wife into pieces and injuring their two daughters. The suspect is 30-year-old Frank Waiswa, a resident of Bulyango village in Kisozi sub county. He is alleged to have chopped his wife Susan …

NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi called on Ugandans to rise up peacefully and unarmed to challenge a regime that has oppressed and exploited them Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) is optimistic that demonstrations that were announced to start today will gain momentum in the coming days. …