Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday launched Kenya’s chapter of Generation Unlimited (GenU), a UN platform which he said will assist the government in unlocking the potential of Kenyan youth. Kenyatta said the youth account for about three quarters of the Kenyan population, adding that …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Gulu City are struggling to maintain over 40 community access roads. The roads were opened by Gulu Municipal Council across then four Divisions that have now been merged to form East and West City Divisions during the financial 2019/2020 before Gulu attained its …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  An estimated 40 percent voter turnout was recorded in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections by noon on Wednesday after voting began at 7 a.m. local time, the government information department said. In several districts a little over 40 percent voter turnout was recorded with the highest …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Real Madrid’s Japanese international forward Takefusa Kubo is on the verge of agreeing to a one-year loan deal with Villarreal, with the agreement likely to be made official in the coming hours according to reports in the Spanish press. The 19-year-old impressed last season in …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  English Premier League side Manchester City announced on Wednesday that Dutch international Nathan Ake has signed a five-year deal with the club to the summer of 2025. The 25-year-old defender, departing from relegated Bournemouth, became City’s second signing of this summer after the club completed …

Kampala , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Opposition have rejected an opinion poll that puts President Museveni ahead of all prospective presidential aspirants ahead of the 2021 elections. The opinion poll conducted by Research World International on behalf of Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies interviewed 2,321 Ugandans …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  Goals from Romelu Lukaku and substitute Christian Eriksen helped clinical Inter to move 2-0 past wasteful Getafe in the Europa League round of 16 at the Arena AufSchalke on Wednesday. Inter Milan booked their berth for the quarterfinal as the game against Getafe was played …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Kibanda South MP Jack Odur Lutanywa has tabled before Parliament a Constitutional Amendment Bill seeking the recognition of the Maragoli as one of the indigenous tribes in Uganda. Lutanywa tabled the Bill for its first reading before a plenary session chaired by Speaker Rebecca …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Immediately after assuming office in March 2018, the incumbent Inspector of Police, Martin Okoth Ochola disbanded the dreaded Flying Squad Unit– FSU for among other reasons tainting the image of the police force. The Unit that was under the Command of Assistant Commissioner of Police …

Koboko, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police detectives in Koboko are struggling to recover three guns that went missing from Lobule Government Prison last month.  Three warders Chief 3 Khan, the OC Lobule prison, Corporal Johnson Atiku, the in-charge stores and Corporal Zebedee Zakayo, the in-charge armoury were arrested and later …