Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday that he will reconvene the Emergency Committee on Thursday to re-evaluate the COVID-19 pandemic, as global COVID-19 cases had doubled over the past six weeks. Saying that this Thursday (July 30) marks six months since …

Serere, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Government has flagged off 1,970 boats to resume fishing operations in Lake Kyoga. In January, government deployed the Fisheries Protection Unit- FPU in Kagwara Landing Site in Serere district rendering thousands of people who derived their livelihood on the lake vulnerable. A total of 1,460 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  General Matayo Kyaligonza has asked his rival for position of the Vice Chairperson for Western Uganda in the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party, Col. Shaban Bantariza to follow the army decorum and not contest against him. Speaking at the NRM Electoral Commission headquarters on Plot …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has said her party the National Resistance Movement – NRM has no manifesto to be corrupt.  Speaking to reporters at the NRM party headquarters on Kyadondo Road shortly after her nomination to contest for the first national vice chairperson …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Fresh details into the arrest of Kadongo Kamu Singer, Gerald Kiwewa show that Kayunga Woman Member of Parliament, Ida Nantaba didn’t complain to the Criminal Investigations Directorate–CID about the artist as earlier alleged by the Police. It comes three days after police said they had …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Two senior staff of Nimrod Hotel in Luweero town Council have been arrested for defying Presidential directives on COVID-19. The suspects have been identified as Tom Lule, the Director and the General Manager, Patricia Ayikoru. The Assistant Superintendent of Police Morius Rutabandama, the officer in …

Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | Shell customers stand a chance to be rewarded with prizes instantly for every purchase made at Shell service stations, countrywide, for the next eight weeks. This is part of the company’s new campaign dubbed “Good to See You Again” that was unveiled on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | Following the launch of the Absa brand in Uganda in November 2019, the bank introduced the new Absa Vertical Cards with new and enhanced features.  One of the key features on the vertical card is the contactless functionality, which gives customers the …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Robert O’Brien, national security advisor for U.S. President Donald Trump, has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. O’Brien has been out of the office since late last week, Bloomberg’s news outlet reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation. O’Brien, according to one of the people, …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Artisanal miners involved in the extraction of construction materials in Masaka district are opposed to the proposed regulatory framework that seeks to introduce direct taxes on sector players.    Government, through the Mining and Mineral Amendment bill 2019 intends to take over ownership of all high …