Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Friday he was deeply concerned over the growing use of sanctions, or the threat of sanctions, by the United States against European companies and interests. “We have witnessed this …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has questioned officials from the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) over their failure to pay a 2.87 billion Shillings debt to a German firm, Muhlbauer High Tech International. The firm was contracted by the government to update the …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Florence Anabo, a 23-year-old mother from Amuria district whose baby was implanted in the liver before delivery has been discharged from Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. The mother was discharged together with her baby after spending a month in the hospital. She was operated by a …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) has been given one-week to present before parliament a list of its staff that declined to sign performance agreements and plans for questioning. The Immigration officials led by the Director Maj. Gen. Kasiita-Gowa were on Friday appearing …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A sizeable percentage of locals in Acholi Sub-region whose livelihood were affected by the lockdown directives issued by the government to contain COVID-19 have embraced farming as an alternative for sustaining their livelihood.   The government issued lockdown restrictions in March, a move that saw the …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Residents of Busunga Village, in Kasese District on Thursday rejected a survey report from the Ministry of Lands. The survey was conducted by the ministry to harmonize park boundaries before Queen Elizabeth National Park erects an electric fence on the 21 Kilometer stretch along Kasese-Kikorongo. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Clays Limited has announced a loss of 88 million Shillings for the 2019 calendar year, ending a short spell at returning profit.  The construction materials maker said today that its gross profit dropped drastically from a 1.9 billion Shilling profit recorded in 2018. The …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ministry of Education has finalized plans to distribute sanitary towels, petty Coats, and knickers to close to 15,000 vulnerable girls across the country. The initiative is part of the seven billion Shillings project under the Global Fund, to keep girls in schools.   Ismail Mulindwa, …

Lamwo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A row has erupted between the Lamwo District Council Speaker Jimmy Amone and the Resident District Commissioner James Nabinson Kidega over the latter’s decisions to block the emergency council meetings. This follows the disruption of two emergency council meetings in the district by a team …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  One person suspected to be the ringleader of a car theft racket in Nansana has been arrested. The suspect, identified as William Ssali alias George Byarugaba was arrested during an operation conducted by police officers along the Kampala Northern Bypass last evening.    Kampala Metropolitan …