Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have demanded that the government treats all Ugandans equally regardless of their political opinions. On Wednesday, MPs from across the political divide asked the government to ensure that all rights should continue to be protected even when the country embarks on the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A  joint team comprising members from the finance and gender committees in parliament has rejected proposed direct lending by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to the government. The committee members say that this is intended to avoid abuse of member’s funds and conflict of …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |   The Arab normalization agreements with Israel is “poor play” that serves Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and United States President Donald Trump, a Palestinian official said on Wednesday. Jibril Rajoub, secretary-general of the Central Committee of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Movement, said that “signing …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A retired UPDF Officer has sued the Director of  National Leadership Institute -NALI  Brig Gen David Kasura  Kyomukama and the Attorney General, seeking to recover more than  603million shillings for the  completed  works at NALI infrastructural project. In his documents filed before the Civil Division …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for more efforts to address the global fragilities that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed. “We must do far more to address the global fragilities that the virus has exposed,” the UN chief told journalists at a hybrid …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Cecilia Ogwal, the Dokolo Woman Member of Parliament has sought President Museveni’s intervention after ministers failed to attend plenary.  Several ministers were absent during plenary on Wednesday with the exception of the Minister of Gender Frank Tumwebaze. By 5:00 Pm when the house was adjourned, …

The bank is targeting businesses that are hit hard by COVID-19 Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | With the easing of the lockdown and slow recovery of the economy impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, financial institutions are now looking at how to reboot businesses and put them back to their …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court challenging the decision by Wakiso Magistrates Court to allow the Directorate of Public Prosecutions- DPP to take over criminal proceedings against National Unity Platform leader Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. Last month, Mabirizi instituted private criminal proceedings …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Kitgum District Covid-19 taskforce will start managing Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms as numbers of community infections rises. This follows an emergency meeting held with health experts from the National COVID-19 task-force and Health Ministry following space crisis at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital treatment …

British American Tobacco Uganda, perhaps the country’s popular cigarette company on Sept.10, celebrated its 20th anniversary of its trading on the Uganda Securities Exchange. Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | But the company has been in operation in the country for more than 90 years. Its share price has since …