Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has been tasked to fulfill pledges he made towards supporting the construction of St Janani Luwum Church in Kitgum municipality a year ago. Construction works on the church estimated to cost 3.5 billion shillings and named in memory of the slain former Church …

Scientists finally identify its genetic components | THE INDEPENDENT | For the first time, scientists have pinpointed regions of human DNA that closely relate to whether people are right- or left-handed. They also linked these regions to language-related features in the brain. Previously, scientists knew that genes were responsible for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Pentecostal Assemblies of God-PAG Lira, a breakaway faction from the Pentecostal Assemblies of God Mission, Uganda has petitioned President, Yoweri Museveni to intervene in their property dispute. PAG Lira limited started in June 2015 following the excommunication of Reverend Joel Mukalo, the then …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging medical professionals, policymakers, caregivers and patients to take urgent action to ensure no one is harmed while receiving treatment. The call is based on a report indicating that at least five people die every minute due to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HIV/AIDS activists in Kigezi sub region are demanding for biometrics registration of all People Living with HIV/Aids already on treatment for easy management. According to the 2017 Uganda Population HIV Impact Assessment, the HIV/AIDS prevalence in Kigezi sub region stood at 7.9 percent. However, …

The arguments for are as varied as those against the minimum wage  Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | A fresh fight is looming between workers’ unions and representatives in Parliament and the government over new proposals to have a minimum wage law. President Yoweri Museveni returned the proposed Minimum Wage …

Africa is grappling with myriad environmental and climate challenges, from drought to loss of biodiversity, cyclones and plastics pollution. Africa Renewal’s Zipporah Musau spoke with the United Nations Environment Programme’s Deputy Executive Director, Joyce Msuya, on how African countries can mitigate some of these challenges and the opportunities ahead. What …

Uganda offers lessons in tapping it Kampala, Uganda | SHUAIB LWASA | In places where municipalities continuously fail to collect and manage waste, authorities tend to concentrate their efforts in a few areas. These are often in a city’s wealthier sections. Informal settlements remain under-served or are not served at …

Country tops on natural resources, price competitiveness Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The latest Travel & Tourism (T&T) Competitiveness Report 2019 shows the challenges of implementing a business strategy for Uganda’s tourism sector. The T&T Competitiveness Index (TTCI) measures factors and policies that enable the development and competitiveness of …

Africa also needs urban innovation groups such as Uber actively reimagining its emerging cities and their slums | Jonathan Hursh & Emmanuel Adegboye | By the end of the century, it is estimated that 13 of the world’s 20 largest cities will be in Africa – and none of them …