Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Janet Mukwaya has faulted the community development officers in Entebbe municipality and Katabi town councils for failing the implementation of the Youth Livelihood Program and the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Program. Mukwaya, who is on a working visit …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations have asked the government to change its approach of rehabilitating street children. The call was made on Friday during celebrations held to commemorate the International Street Connected Children day. Pascal Lutaaya, the Director Mengo Youth Development Link says that government needs …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Political parties under the Inter-party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) are set to dialogue on the implementation of Public Order Management Act (POMA). The dialogue is being organised by the IPOD secretariat and Office of the Prime Minister. The event will be held …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health says years of intensive medical research is closing in on the exact cause of mysterious Nodding Syndrome disease amongst children in Northern Uganda. The government health agency says new clues strongly associating the disease with a group of parasitic nematodes, Filarial …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has been heightened inside Queen Elizabeth National Park. Addressing the press on Friday, the Minister of State for Tourism Godfrey Suubi Kiwanda said that following the kidnap of an American tourist Kimberly Sue Endecott and her guide Jean Pierre Mingere, several measures have been …

`I’m happy knowing there are people who celebrate me for making their lives better’ INTERVIEW | AGNES E NANTABA | Robert Katende is best known for taking the game of chess to the slums and attracting street kids to it. He has since expanded the game to disabled youngsters at …

  Female experts are outnumbered as sources by their male counterparts in nearly every field Project Syndicate | HANNAH STORM | Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranking elected female politician in the history of the United States. Theresa May is only the second female British prime minister. Amal Clooney is a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has so far registered a revenue collection of 12.16 trillion shillings in the current financial year 2018/2019. The collection registered as at March 2019 is part of the total 16.4 trillion shillings targeted revenue collection at the end of the …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | British Prime Minister Theresa May will try to convince her splintered country Thursday to accept a Brexit delay of up to six months she secured from EU leaders to the fury of many in her own party. May’s 27 EU counterparts pulled another all-nighter in …

How they impact the Kampala art scene By DOMINIC MUWANGUZI Afriart Gallery The first private art gallery established by a Ugandan artist, Daudi Karungi to exhibit contemporary art from Uganda. It has inspired many artists to work more creatively in order to exhibit here. Through such display and engagements, it …