Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Commissioner of Police Fortunate Habyara is the new Commandant of the Police Witness Protection Unit. He was appointed in a transfer message signed on Saturday but released on Tuesday afternoon by Col. Jesse Kamunanwire, the Director Human Resource Management Uganda Police Force.  Habyara replaces Superintendent …

Paris, France | AFP |  Opponents of Iran’s theocratic leadership are urging an outright boycott of its parliamentary elections, arguing that it is anything but democratic and that casting a ballot serves only to bolster the country’s Islamic rulers. The country’s supreme leader has urged Iranians to “disappoint the enemy” by …

Tripoli, Libya | AFP |  Libya’s unity government announced late Tuesday it would halt its participation in UN talks aimed at brokering a lasting ceasefire in the war-torn country where a fragile truce has been repeatedly violated. The pull-out came after a barrage of rocket fire hit a port in the …

Bundibugyo, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Two people died on spot and another escaped with serious injuries on Tuesday evening in a motor accident at Humya Bridge trading center along Bundibugyo-Fort portal high way in Ntotoro Sub County in Bundibugyo district. The accident involved a Tipper lorry registration number UAY 889R.  …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Physical Infrastructure Committee of Parliament wants Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija referred to the Rules, Discipline and Privileges Committee for alleged failure to appear before the committee. Officials from the Ministry of Finance appeared before the Physical infrastructure committee on Tuesday. The Committee is investigating …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda People’s Congress- UPC faction under Peter Walubiri plans to issue a parallel road for their party primaries. This comes after the UPC faction led by Jimmy Akena, the Lira Municipality MP embarked on preparations for the 2021 elections last year with an update …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Rwanda has deported three Ugandan nationals who were locked up for allegedly smuggling sorghum. They are Marvelous Kukundakwe, Gordon Tugumisirize and Zabulon Komunda, all residents of Rubaya Sub County in Kabale district. The three were picked up Rwandan security on January 16th 2020 from Kivuye …

Katuna, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandan security has declared Katuna no man’s land a no-go area ahead of a meeting between Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame’s. The meeting, scheduled for this Friday is part of the resolutions of the quadripartite summit held in Luanda, Angola …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Stanbic Bank Uganda has launched a campaign dubbed ‘unbeatable loans’ aimed at creating awareness about the various financing solutions currently available. The campaign launched a few days ago will run until the end of May 2020, showcasing the bank’s unbeatable range of products that …

San Francisco, United States | AFP |  Apple is to miss its revenue forecast for the March quarter due to the coronavirus epidemic, the US tech giant said Monday, warning that iPhone supplies worldwide would also be impacted, underlining the economic cost of the health crisis. The COVID-19 virus death toll …