Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Minister in Charge of Security General Elly Tumwine has announced that the night-time curfew which was declared by President Yoweri Museveni will remain in force until the head of State communicates otherwise.   Tumwine had initially announced that the curfew, which runs from 7 pm …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Markets across Kampala have abandoned the standard operating procedures, that were set as a condition to allow them to operate amidst the COVID-19 threat.        Although city Markets had adapted to the guidelines, earlier during the lockdown, a number of them have abandoned …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The row between district chairpersons and mayors over who should take over the interim leadership of the new cities has deepened.    Parliament in April this year, approved the creation of 15 cities that will be operationalized in a phased manner starting with Jinja, Mbarara, …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Gulu Regional Blood Bank is struggling to raise enough blood for hospitals and health centres in the region amidst the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. At least 75 per cent of the blood units in the bank used to be collected from schools and other learning institutions. …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  A federal judge on Saturday denied the Trump administration’s request to block the publication of former national security adviser John Bolton’s memoir. “While Bolton’s unilateral conduct raises grave national security concerns, the government has not established that an injunction is an appropriate remedy,” Royce Lamberth, district …

Ngora, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Local governments in Teso region are struggling to utilize the funds budgeted for during the 2019/2020 financial year as a result of interruption in the implementation of various planned activities by the COVID-19 lockdown.  The performance in local governments was affected when districts downscaled their …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has instructed the Ministry of lands to start a process to compensate the Omukama of Bunyoro Solomon Gafabusa Iguru for his land in Hoima and Kikuube districts, which was encroached on by settlers and developers.  The first land which is located in …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the country in a televised speech on Saturday on the eve of lifting its State of Alarm that “Now it’s time for recovery.” Spain will enter on Sunday what Sanchez calls the “new normality”, with visitor arrivals from the …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kasese District is planning to establish permanent evacuation centres to handle volumes of people who get displaced by disasters in the district.   The district has recurrently been hit by floods over the years. The recent catastrophe which came after River Nyamwamba and several other rivers …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  U.S. Attorney General William Barr said on Saturday that President Donald Trump has fired Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman, who refused to step down over unfinished investigations. In a letter to Berman, Barr accused of him choosing “public spectacle over …