Elections are like a soccer match.  If a game is going to be reduced from 90 to 60 minutes, then players should be consulted COMMENT | Crispin Kaheru |  Uganda’s electoral preparations are starting off from a ‘complicated place’. They are happening in an environment of restrictions.  Political players can’t …

  Stats ahead of #Uganda’s 2021 elections ✳ 135 Districts ✳ 257 Counties ✳ 296 Constituencies ✳ 2,062 Sub Counties/TC/Mun ✳ 10,029 Parishes ✳ 68,733 Villages ✳ 34,344 Polling Stations ✳ 17,782,594 Registered Voters Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chairman of the Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) Justice Simon …

🔺  9 new cases 🔺 Total confirmed cases 705 🔹 Total Deaths: 00 🔸Total Recoveries: 299 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine new COVID-19 cases have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. This brings the number of cases confirmed in Uganda to 705 as of June 14th. The new cases were …

The plan by government to decentralise the management of COVID-19 is a highly welcome one that if implemented, will de-congest and ease the pressure on Regional Referral Hospitals COMMENT | Walter Akena | On June 11th 2020, Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Hon. Matia Kasaija delivered the Budget …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has reached an agreement with telecom company MTN Uganda to renew its license for a period of 12 years. MTN will pay sh372 billion for the license that commences on July 1, 2020. The telecom company said in a statement on Saturday that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Tough budget: What finance experts say about Shs45.4tn, debt, taxes THE LAST WORD The trouble with URA: Why Museveni’s focus on corruption as the biggest problem of tax administration misses the big picture …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has nominated Dorothy Kisaka for the position of Executive Director for Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA. In a letter addressed to the Public Service Commission, the President has directed the public service commission to interview Kisaka and four other officials to find …

Burundi court orders president-elect sworn in after leader’s death Bujumbura, , Burundi | AFP |  Burundi’s constitutional court on Friday ruled that the country’s newly elected leader Evariste Ndayishimiye be rapidly sworn in following the sudden death of President Pierre Nkurunziza earlier this week. Nkurunziza’s death on Monday, aged 55, …

                                                    Kampala Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With Uganda easing the lockdown restriction on the hospitality sector, Sheraton Kampala Hotel which opened its doors early …

Burundi court orders swearing in of president-elect Bujumbura, Burundi | AFP |  Burundi’s constitutional court on Friday ruled that the country’s newly elected leader Evariste Ndayishimiye be sworn in as soon as possible following the sudden death of President Pierre Nkurunziza earlier this week. “No interim necessary, the president-elect …. …