COMMENT | Ronald Kato | China today features prominently in the news across the globe for varying reasons. The press China gets is mainly because it has grown from a relatively obscure, poor country in East Asia into a global power. Its economy is the world’s second-largest and by some …

South Sudan rivals agree to form unity government by deadline Juba, South Sudan | AFP | South Sudan’s president and its armed opposition leader agreed Tuesday to form a power-sharing government by a February deadline, as they face international censure over faltering peace talks. President Salva Kiir and his former …

Islamabad, Pakistan | AFP | Exiled former Pakistan military leader Pervez Musharraf was sentenced to death Tuesday after being found guilty of treason, a verdict that drew swift condemnation from the country’s armed forces which have ruled the country for almost half its 72-year history. The court’s decision marks the …

  ✳️ Eritrea 🇪🇷 4 Kenya 🇰🇪 1 ✳ Uganda 🇺🇬1 Tanzania 🇹🇿 0 Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Unheralded Eritrea stunned holders Kenya 4-1 to reach their first Cecafa Challenge Cup final in Kampala on Tuesday. The Eritreans are competing at the Central and Eastern African eight-team tournament after years …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) announced on Dec.17 that it had made a net profit of Shs24.7bn for the financial year 2018/19, up from a loss of Shs10.8bn a year before. Officials said the profit, the first since the company’s inception in 2001, …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Comedy Store Uganda is set hold the the first ever awards, to recognize 2019’s exceptional comedians. Alex Muhangi, the proprietor of Comedy Store Uganda confirmed the awards for the the best comedians and groups for the year 2019, saying they want the audience to nominate their …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Deputy Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo has asked government to raise the retirement age of judges. He said this in a week in which major changes have been made to streamline the judiciary, with many younger judges actually being appointed to fill vacant positions. Owiny-Dollo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission  has further extended the period for the general update of the National Voters’ Register to December 23. Tomorrow was supposed to have been the close of the extended exercise but according to the Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, they “received several requests from …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) forward Allan Okello and Kawempe Muslim’s Juliet Nalukenge have been crowned the male and female best footballers of the year, 2019 at the Airtel FUFA Awards. They took home a prize of sh1million and a car. “Last year (2018), I …

  Athieno breaks Snow Globe Classic 100 and 50 freestyle records set by Davey Zoe last year ✳ Girls 11-12 50 Free 25.79 12/15/2019 Athieno Wandera – DSMY -IA ✳ Girls 11-12 100 Free 55.56 12/14/2019 Athieno Wandera – DSMY -IA Iowa, USA | THE INDEPENDENT | With another incredible time of 25:79 seconds in …