Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has today named veteran women’s rights activist Dr. Zedriga Lina Waru as his deputy. She was unveiled today by People Power President Robert Kyagulanyi. “Comrade Zedriga is a distinguished activist, lawyer and university lecturer. She is a retired judicial officer, author …

  As COVID-19 impacts reach everywhere in the country, low- and middle-income earning youth are racing to respond to this massive and fast-moving challenge. In this article, Musinguzi Laban assess the pandemic’s economic impacts on Uganda’s Youth. OPINION | LABAN MUSINGUZI | The economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis are …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda People’s Defence Forces has come out to deny reports that Maj Gen(Rtd) Kasirye Gwanga has been arrested. Reports had indicated that Kasirye Gwanga was detained at Mbuya, when he returned guards who had been sent to him. According to the UPDF Spokesman Brig …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has donated sh100 million to the national task-force to fight COVID-19. He also contributed 5,000 kilograms of maize flour to the ongoing food distribution efforts by the government of Uganda. So far, Uganda has confirmed 52 COVID-19 …

  London, United Kingdom | AFP | Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, prompting concern for his health and well-wishes from political friends and foes in Britain and abroad, as the country battles to control the outbreak. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab …

Blantyre, Malawi | AFP |  Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika said Saturday he was taking a wage cut to help fund the fight against the coronavirus, and ordered his government to the same. Mutharika said in a statement he had ordered the treasury to cut his own salary and the wages …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday thanked healthcare workers on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus outbreak, promising that a united effort would help defeat the disease. In a rare special televised address, the 93-year-old monarch drew on her experience in World War …

  ✳ No extra fees when term 1 resumes ✳ No formal end of term 1 exams ✳ Term I could resume April 27th Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |   The Ministry of Education and Sports has directed all educational institutions not to levy any extra fees when school resumes …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For now eight times in 17 days, President Yoweri Museveni has addressed the nation, announcing a raft of measures to help the country forestall the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. These measures include those that significantly limit people’s basic rights like freedom of movement, …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police is holding a 24-year-old man who hoodwinked people in Soroti that he can cure COVID-19, with a concoction of herbal medicine. Speaking to Journalists at the Uganda Media Centre today, police spokesperson Fred Enanga said they couldn’t allow the suspect, identified as …