Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Bright Rwamirama, the State Minister in Charge of Animal Industry has intervened in a dispute on the enforcement of livestock quarantine in Sembabule district. Rwamirama and Dr Rose Ann Edmund, the Commissioner in Charge of Health and her Assistant, Doris Kiconco on Thursday were in …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Soroti district officials have asked the government to review some of the requirements for the youths to access the Youth Livelihood funds. This follows lower recovery rate of YLP funds disbursed to 114 youth groups in the district. Since 2014/2015 Financial Year, the district has …

Lagos, Nigeria | AFP |  Diekoye Oyeyinka, 33, has been billed as one of the most promising Nigerian writers of his generation. He went to some of the finest schools in his West African homeland but says that like the majority of his classmates he “didn’t know about Biafra until …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Disagreements are hindering the construction of seed secondary schools in sub-counties. Statistics from the Education Ministry indicates that there are 615 sub-counties in Uganda that have no government secondary schools. Of these sub-counties, 228 are government-aided. Government was expected to construct secondary schools under a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court has remanded thirteen activists who were arrested on Monday for staging a protest against corruption in the country. The suspects appeared in two groups before Grade One Magistrates, Marion Mangeni and Stella Maris Amabilis. They were charged with disobedience of lawful …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Col. James Mwesigye, the Mbarara Resident District Commissioner has cancelled his planned monitoring of the opening of Omukikade– Rwagashu road in Biharwe Division citing the absence of Bills of Quantity. The 4 kilometer stretch is being opened up at the tune of Shilling. 54M from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Supreme Court Judge Dr Esther Kisakye has declined to halt the ground rent collections in Buganda Kingdom. Justice Kisakye did not, however, give reasons arguing that she will give her reasons in a formal typed ruling.     The ruling on Thursday afternoon rose from …

Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP |  The unexpected return of two former presidents to the Central African Republic, the main figures in a civil war that still bloodies the country despite an 11-month-old peace accord, has set the stage for high-stakes political chess ahead of elections in December. Francois Bozize, …

Vancouver, Canada | AFP |  Meghan Markle has made her first public appearance since she and Prince Harry sensationally decided to quit as full-time royals, visiting two women’s charities in Vancouver as British media reported she could face her father in court. Harry and Meghan are in the middle of a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Victims of Dunamiscoins Resource Centre Ltd, a blacklisted cryptocurrency exchange have petitioned parliament, in a fresh push for compensation for monies lost in the scam.  These were part of the thousands of Ugandans who lost their money to the exchange which was operating a money …