Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Papal Nuncio to Belgium Archbishop Augustine Kasujja has urged Ugandans to make peace the main target for the year 2022. Speaking at Lubaga Cathedral while presiding of the New Year’s mass, Kasujja said his message was in line with the Pope’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in the county have been asked to reconcile as they heal from last year’s general elections. Speaking at the New Year prayers at All Saints Nakasero, the Diocesan Secretary of Kampala Diocese, Can John Awodi, called for peaceful conflict resolution and tolerance. He …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have fired teargas to disperse angry residents who stormed Mbalala Police Station Saturday, protesting the shooting and detention of revelers on December 31st, 2021. The revelers alleged that Coleb Asiimwe, the OC Mbalala Police Station last night shot and killed  a 15-year-old girl …

New York, US | Xinhua | Over 2,000 flights have been canceled on New Year’s Day as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continued to upend airline operations during the holiday travel season in the United States. According to FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, 2,311 flights entering, leaving or within the United …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several hotels in Kampala on Friday ushered in the New Year with parties, despite police banning organizing events. A survey by URN reporters in the areas of Bukoto, Ntinda, Nakawa found some hotels filled with revelers celebrating the New Year. On Monday, the Police …

As we start 2022, it is important for all of us to appreciate the need to save for a rainy day COMMENT | Lydia Mirembe | If the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us any lesson, it is our inability to predict the future with certainty. But while we may not …

✅ Schools re-open Jan 10 ✅ Bars & concerts open Jan 25 ✅ Curfew to be lifted when bars open ✅ Transport sector fully re-open ✅ Cinema &sports events to fully open Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has announced the lifting of the lockdown due to COVID-19. …

✳ LIVE 8pm Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni will deliver his annual New Year message at 8pm today. He is expected to announce the full re-opening of the economy after two years of lockdown measures. Despite rising figures of Ugandans testing positive for COVID-19, as the …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka |  Just over 90 years ago, on 1 January 1914, a gentleman named Abe Pheil became the world’s first airline passenger on a 21-minute flight from St Petersburg to Tampa, Florida in the USA. A phosphate miner, he sat on an open bench in the cockpit …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | In early August, Minister of State, Office of the President for Economic Monitoring Peter Ogwang started touring districts to check on government projects. What he came across was shocking, and was characterized by gross misuse of government funds, signs and symptoms of fraud, corruption and shoddy work. …