Respect for the rule of law underpins human rights and enables sustainable social, political, and economic development United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for an inclusive justice system that is intolerant of discrimination and works for all. High levels of inequality are associated with economic …

Progress is being made to resolve the current sit down strike by academic staff in public universities Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vice chancellors of public universities are set to join efforts with the Forum for Academic Staff of Public Universities in Uganda (FASPU) to negotiate an end to the …

Beneficiaries are losing interest in the program citing the long bureaucratic tendencies Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bureaucracy is frustrating the implementation of the new presidential initiative on wealth and job creation dubbed “Emyooga,” Community Development Officers in Masaka have revealed. According to the program design, groups of people doing …

90 percent of Uganda’s maize going to Kenya was exported informally Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Grain Council of Uganda has called for the government’s urgent intervention into the maize trade which it says is currently dominated by informal dealings. Chris Kaijuka, the chairperson of the Grain Council of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has for the third time in a row failed to beat its own target to complete the works in the old taxi park. When the construction started in May 2020, KCCA said Sterling Construction Company and Kiru Technical Services limited would …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Civil Aviation Authority has renewed the licenses of seven non-scheduled flight operators. They are DHL Aviation Limited, AIM Air, Grand Air Services, Transafrik Uganda Limited, Eagle Air Limited, Kampala Executive Aviation and Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), a Christian organisation that flies mainly missionaries, development …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agriculture Minister has attributed his loss in the January general elections to propaganda over intervention on the desert locusts. The head of the docket Vincent Ssempijja lost to National Unity Platform-NUP party candidate Francis Katabaazi in the Kalungu East County parliamentary race. Ssempijja who was …

Deputy Speaker Jacob Oulanyah declared his intention to challenge Kadaga for Speaker of Parliament Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) has thrown its weight behind the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah as he seeks to unseat his boss Rebecca Kadaga. Oulanyah has already declared his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The advertisement and promotion of drinks with claims of health benefits has been stopped unless approved by the National Drug Authority (NDA), Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) and Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). Many non-carbonated soft drinks have increasingly been marketed as health drinks, energy …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The solar irrigation scheme built along Ntungwa river in Kanungu district has failed to make any positive impact on agriculture on the area, the farmers have revealed. The government completed the scheme which is found in Kameme village in Kibimbiri parish in Kihihi sub county …