Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  More than 400 Kilometres of roads in Gulu District have remained impassable sixteen years later after the communities returned from the internally displaced people’s camps.  Patrick Kinyera, the Gulu District Secretary for Works and Technical Services says that out of the 980 kilometres, only …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The long wait for Uganda’s Final Investment Decision (FDI) for oil and gas could come to an end this Sunday, following talks between government officials and industry leaders from Uganda and Tanzania. Tanzania’s new president Samia Hassan Suluhu is due in the country for …

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Washington, USA |  XINHUA |  U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday called gun violence an “epidemic” and an “international embarrassment,” as he delivered a speech from the White House introducing new executive actions aimed at addressing the issue. “Nothing I’m about to recommend in any way impinges on the Second …

Rome, Italy |  XINHUA |   Italy will be able to meet the targets planned for the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday. “The availability of vaccines has not declined, the numbers (of daily jabs) are back again to the level we had before Easter, and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  Parliament’s finance committee has rejected the 200,000 Shillings license on cars and 50,000 Shillings for motorbikes. The Ministry of Finance has proposed the fees as part of the revenue measures to fund the 2021/2022 budget. On Tuesday, the State Minister of Finance David Bahati …

Washington, USA |  XINHUA |  Cooperation between the United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, would be vital for a faster global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva said on Thursday. “What we see today is the U.S. and …

Cairo, Egypt |  XINHUA |  Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed on Thursday lauded the cooperation between Egypt and China on combating the COVID-19 pandemic as “fruitful and unprecedented.” “I would like to thank the state of China, its leadership, government and people, for their great solidarity with us in this …

Nairobi, Kenya |  XINHUA |  Kenya and the United States have held virtual talks on signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Betty Maina, Kenya’s cabinet secretary of Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development said in a statement on Thursday. Betty Maina said that she discussed with Katherine Tai, the …

Mbarara, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The delayed completion of the Mbarara Central Market has been attributed to failure by the contractor to renew his performance guarantee with the Bank.  A Performance Guarantee is a contractors promise to complete the project undertaken. It is issued by an insurance company or …