Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has outperformed its financial targets for the last fiscal year, with a substantial increase in locally collected taxes. The performance report from the authority issued Wednesday shows a remarkable surplus in domestic revenues, particularly in direct taxes, which recorded …

Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The recently elected delegates of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party were sworn in on Wednesday, despite opposition from the party’s chairman, Wasswa Birigwa, and other leaders. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the Sana Hotel in Iganga. During the ceremony, the …

Parents Sue Rosewell Hospital for Retaining New Born Over Unpaid Bills Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bridgers Alinda Mugenyi and Saloome Aturinde have dragged Rosewell Women and Children Hospital Limited to court for retaining their newly born baby. They accuse the hospital of detaining their baby as collateral due …

New Delhi, India | TASS |  India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft successfully landed on the lunar surface, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said. According to an ISRO live broadcast, the spacecraft successfully made a soft landing on the Moon’s surface at 6:03 p.m. (3:33 p.m. Moscow time). ISRO CEO Sridhara Somanath …

Moscow, Russia |  Xinhua |  Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport conformed on Wednesday that Wagner Group private military company’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash in the Tver Region near Moscow. According to the name list released by the agency on its Telegram account, Prigozhin was …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sylvia Damalie Owori, the Deputy Director of Operation Wealth Creation-OWC is embroiled in several land disputes with more than 15 families in Tororo municipality. The families accuse Owori of using her security connections in her attempt to displace them from their homes. One of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is to provide over 353 billion shillings ($95.25 million) for the transportation of fuel to Uganda through Lake Victoria. According to a statement from Africa Investment Corporation (AFC), part of the money will be used to construct two barges …

Moscow, Russia | TASS | The Federal Agency for Air Transport of Russia (Rosaviatsiya) has initiated an investigation of the crash of the Embraer plane that happened in the Tver Region on Wednesday, the agency said in its statement, adding that the name Yevgeny Prigozhin was included in the list …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine, the president of the National Unity Platform-NUP party has announced a nationwide tour starting next week to open his party offices and mobilize support. Speaking to the media in Kampala Wednesday, Kyagulanyi said unlike Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the president’s son …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development (MoGLSD) wants each corporate organisation, particularly the media, to have inter-gender mainstreaming policies to deal with sexual and gender-based violations.  This follows a study done in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania in the period 2016 to 2021, that …