▶RESULTS ✳KCCA Speaker vote ✅ Abubaker Kawalya – 17 votes Nyanjura Doreen -14 votes Sengirinya Muhammad – 1 vote Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Results just in from City Hall indicate that independent Abubaker Kawalya has won the election of Speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA .The positions of speaker …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Former World Champions Dorcus Inzikuru and Speaker Rebecca Kadaga joined hundreds of runners Sunday who turned up to raise millions to support the work of Mildmay Uganda. When Kadaga flagged off Inzikuru and several runners in the 2, 5 and 7 km event categories from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lt. Gen (RTD) Henry Tumukunde has written to the Electoral Commission, stating that he will soon commence consultations with an aim to run for office of President. “Fellow Ugandans, I have officially notified the Electoral Commission that I will be proceeding to carry out consultations …

Blantyre, Malawi | AFP | In a continent where armies often prop up governments, crush dissent and interfere in mainstream politics, Malawi in southern Africa has been an exception for decades. From Sudan to Zimbabwe to Ivory Coast and Guinea-Bissau, the military has had a long track record of being …

Tripoli, Libya | AFP | The UN’s envoy to war-plagued Libya, Ghassan Salame, announced his resignation on Monday citing health reasons, nearly three years after taking up the post. “I tried to unite Libyans and restrain foreign interference… but for health reasons I can no longer continue with this level …

  Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Results from the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) indicate that the four foreign national isolated after presenting flu and cough symptoms yesterday, do not have the dreaded COVID-19. Minister of Health Ruth Aceng reported the negative test results Monday for a French national and …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unprecedented swarm of desert locusts entered Moroto district on Sunday throwing residents in panic. The swarm covering an estimated 30square kilometers entered Moroto through Rupa Sub County and continued their movement south of the district for at least 4 hours. Dr. Francis Inangolet Olaki, …

Kampala Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly enthroned Archbishop of the Province of Church of Uganda, Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu had listed his priority areas. Dr Kaziimba, who enthroned on Sunday morning as the 9th Archbishop of Church of Uganda, intends to focus youth, health, and upholding institution of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Candidates vying for the newly introduced speaker’s seat at Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA have intensified campaigns as the election date draws closer. KCCA councilors go to the polls on March 5, 2020 to elect their pioneer speaker. Three councilors have expressed interest in the …

London, United Kingdom | AFP |  Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele broke Mo Farah’s course record as he won the London half-marathon on Sunday in a time of one hour and 22 seconds. Bekele took 1min 18sec off the record set in 2019 by British distance great Farah, who missed this year’s …