Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Retired Lt. Col. Francis Itabuka, the former Director State Research Bureau-SRB, says he opted not to claim his gratuity from the Defense Ministry due to negative media publicity. According to Itabuka, the media has labeled the Idi Amin government as a military regime and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ninety two percent health workers in the country lack the training to manage snake bite injuries, Dennis Kibira, the Executive Director for Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development-HEPs has revealed. According to Kibira, a study conducted in 2018 also shows that only 4 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kamwenge district has received brand new facilities worth Shillings 4.5 billion for hosting 69,000 refugees. They include classrooms, toilets, and tanks for rain water harvesting at Damasiko, Mukole and Kamusenene Primary Schools in Kibaale East County. The facilities were built under the Development Response …

The models and their pros and cons | Ruth Hall, Dzodzi Tsikata and Ian Scoones | Colonialism brought large-scale farming to Africa, promising modernisation and jobs – but often dispossessing people and exploiting workers. Now, after several decades of independence, and with investor interest growing, African governments are once again …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Harry Maguire, described as a “special player” by Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers, is set to become the world’s most expensive defender after Manchester United agreed to pay a reported fee of £80 million ($97 million). The 26-year-old central defender –coveted by United since he …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) has said it will be auctioning vehicles that enter Rwanda carrying smuggled or illegal goods. The Rwanda Revenue Authority boss Pascal Ruganintwali has said “all vehicles or other means of transport used to carry smuggled or illegal goods will be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director Forensics at Auditor General’s Office James Bantu has commissioned an audit in regards to the Bank of Uganda extra cargo that was loaded on a chartered plane in April this year. It is alleged that around March 1st and April 27th, 2019 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Head coach of Somalia’s national team Bashir Hayford has said his team has what it takes to get a win against hosts Uganda in the return leg of the 2020 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier. Uganda Cranes will host Somalia in the return leg …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has hailed the fallen former Deputy Paramount Chief of Acholi George William Lugai. In a brief message read to mourners by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah on Friday, Museveni said he knew Lugai as a mediator who worked …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Secretary to Treasury Keith Muhakanizi has directed that the audit on activities of the Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL) be halted. Muhakanizi, who doubles as Permanent secretary Ministry of Finance wrote to the UTL Administrator Bemanya Twebaze on August 2rd asking him to halt …