Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDEPENDENT | The e-Conomy Africa 2020 report released today by Google and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), estimates that increased access to faster and better quality internet, and Africa’s commitment to creating the world’s largest single market under the African Continental Free Trade Area, …
Read More »Uganda lifts ban on labor export after 8-month COVID-19 suspension
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Uganda on Tuesday lifted the ban on the exportation of migrant workers after an eight-month suspension in efforts to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frank Tumwebaze, minister of gender, labor and social development, said in a statement that all licensed companies involved in …
Read More »Curfew stays but political rallies, churches, weddings and casinos get green light
✅ Mass gatherings for prayers, political rallies,meetings and weddings shall not exceed 200 person ✅ Open cinemas, gyms, massage parlors and mobile markets effective 14.11.2020 ✅ Considering the phase of the epidemic Uganda is in, with rising cases and deaths in urban areas, suspension on bars and discotheques will continue. …
Read More »Police arrest 10 on Gulu highway as Kyagulanyi heads to Arua
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Luweero town has detained 10 National Unity Platform – NUP supporters as they struggled to contain crowds that blocked Kampala-Gulu highway to wave to their presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine. Kyagulanyi was heading to Arua district in northern Uganda ahead of …
Read More »Presidential aspirants bounced, fault EC for failed nominations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eleven aspirants who returned forms to run in the 2021 presidential elections blame the Electoral Commission for failure to nominate them. They are part of the 24 aspirants who returned the nomination forms for verification. In total 87 aspirants picked the presidential nomination forms, …
Read More »Elegu Floods: Over 1,000 now sleeping in URA warehouse
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1,000 residents of Elegu Town Council at the Uganda South Sudan Border in Amuru district have taken refuge at the Uganda Revenue Authority warehouse following recurrent flash floods. On Sunday night the residents, consisting of children, women, male and elderly persons deserted their …
Read More »BioNTech and Pfizer make COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough
Mainz, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT | German company BioNtech and Pfizer from the US have announced success in phase three study of an experimental vaccine to prevent COVID-19 infections. “Today is a great day for science and humanity. The first set of results from our Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine …
Read More »Galogitho: Makerere buried me alive
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stephen Galogitho has lived to tell a story of agony and frustration, navigating through a future that was dashed after his dismissal from Makerere University 25 years ago. The journey of his ruined hope started on October 1996. Galogitho was the in …
Read More »FDC’s Amuriat promises to restore Presidential Age Limit
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential Candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has pledged to restore the presidential age limit in the Ugandan constitution once elected President of Uganda. The FDC candidate Amuriat disclosed that his government will use all powers within its means to ensure that the age limit is …
Read More »Putin silent on US election result
Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | U.S. allies from Europe to East Asia have congratulated Joe Biden on his election as the next U.S. president, with Germany hailing it as a “new and exciting chapter” in transatlantic ties and Japan’s leader pledging to work to ensure “peace, freedom, and prosperity …
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