Airlines in all regions are expected to record negative operating income in 2020 Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Coronavirus pandemic nearly brought the aviation industry on its knees, with thousands of flights banned in many countries around the world, but it is picking up again. Several airlines including, Uganda …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Resident Commissioner, Maj Santo Okot Lapolo has disagreed with the Management of Gulu College of Health Sciences over the relocation of COVID-19 patients. The college with over 900 students operates two campuses; one is adjacent to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital and another at …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   India’s COVID-19 tally is steeply rising, surpassing 6 million on Monday, while the country’s Health Minister Harsh Vardhan pinned hopes on the development of the first vaccine by early next year. “Research to develop a vaccine is being done expeditiously. There are at least three …

Kalangala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A cross section of travelers have decried the prolonged absence of the MV Kalangala ferry. The ferry stopped operating the Entebbe-Kalangala route in February when it was taken for regular maintainance. Seven months later,the ferry has not yet resumed operations. Now, travelers including Nalongo Agnes …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   The European Union (EU) launched on Monday a new Customs Union Action Plan, which aims at modernizing and simplifying customs procedures at the EU borders while tackling fraud linked to customs and VAT. Presenting the plan at a press conference in Brussels, European Commissioner for …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The leader of opposition in Parliament, Betty Aol Ochan has expressed disappointment about the failure by Parliament to effect constitutional amendments that would reduce the president’s powers. She notes that the government has been dragging its feet on putting in place a constitutional review commission …

Sembabule, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Major General Sabiiti Muzeyi has pitched camp in Sembabule district amid rising political tensions ahead of the NRM parliamentary primaries for Mawogola North and West constituencies.   On September 30th the National Resistance Movement – NRM Party members in the …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    Global COVID-19 deaths reached the grim milestone of 1 million on Monday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The global death toll rose to 1,000,555, with a total of more than 33.2 million cases worldwide as of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  In an unprecedented suit,  a city lawyer Steven Kalali has sued the Electoral Commission accusing them of forging of his signature to accept that prisoners would participate in voting in 2026 elections but not in 2021 as earlier ordered by court. In June 2020, High …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The former chancellor of Kampala Archdiocese Monsgnor Charles Kimbowa has today been laid to rest at the Rubaga cathedral cemetery.  Archbishops from around the country attended the burial after a requiem mass led by the chairperson of the episcopal conference Bishop Joseph Antony Zziwa.  Monsgnor …