Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Communities in Merikit Sub County, Tororo district are celebrating the commissioning of a project water and sanitation project, donated in memory of Sam Frobisher Owori, a senior Ugandan Rotarian who died two years ago. The sh1 billion project provides ten 10 new boreholes for …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Staff Associations at Makerere University have described the recent night crackdown, and break into student’s rooms, at the institution as a sad commentary in its history. The staff leaders said that both the students and staff of Makerere University deserve better treatment, fair …

Mogadishu, Somalia | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan Members of Parliament have started a week-long working visit to Somalia to assess the welfare of the country’s troops serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). According to a statement by AMISOM, the legislators will visit the Forward Operating Bases and interact …

Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Catholic bishops gathered at a special Vatican assembly called on Pope Francis Saturday to open the priesthood to married men in the Amazon, as well as giving women a greater role to play and making damaging the environment a sin. The bishops issued a …

  Santiago, Chile | AFP |  After a week of huge and sometimes violent protests, Chileans are showing no sign of easing the pressure on a government that seems stunned and paralyzed by a popular explosion fueled by years of socio-economic frustration. Seeking to negotiate an end to the crisis, …

INVESTIGATION | URN | Butabika National Mental Referral Hospital admits more than 100 people to their Drug and Alcohol Unit On an annual basis. The patients are in most cases battling substance addiction. As part of their treatment, they are kept away from substances that triggered their obsession for a …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Attorney General has commenced defense in the case in which the government was sued for authorizing the operations of 143 labor export firms. In August, city lawyer Ivan Bwowe sued the Attorney General and 143 labour export firms under their umbrella Uganda …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has started revising double taxation agreements it has with developed countries to plug tax loopholes that many corporations have been using to evade taxes. Double taxation agreements govern which country has the right to tax corporate profit when a company has subsidiaries …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) will tonight carry out excavation and pipe laying works aimed at boosting water supply on Entebbe Road. Traffic will be diverted 27th October, 2019 from 12am to 3am along Entebbe road at Akright stage. Motorists heading to Entebbe from …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  The grave site of a guerilla leader in Kenya’s anti-colonial rebellion has been discovered beneath a prison in Nairobi, a foundation set up by his family says, more than 60 years after he was executed. Dedan Kimathi, a top insurgent in the Mau Mau uprising …