Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, has summoned the Prime Minister and party leaders in the House to discuss and try to resolve the unending allegations of human rights violations in the country. The meeting scheduled for Friday, will also involve the Ministers for Security and Internal …
Read More »TotalEnergies shuts down France’s largest refinery over strike
Paris, France | Xinhua | French multinational energy and petroleum company TotalEnergies has started to shut down the country’s largest refinery in the Normandy region as a result of a strike over wage demands, the French daily Le Figaro reported on Wednesday. “The discontent is so strong in Normandy that the …
Read More »UHRC calls for amendment of provisions used to deny citizens information
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC is pushing for the amendment of several provisions in the laws of Uganda that seek to deny citizens access to information. Mariam Wangadya, the UHRC chairperson says despite the constitutional provisions on access to information, a section of public officers are …
Read More »Gov’t introduces special grant for older persons aged 60-79 years
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has announced a five billion Shillings grant for elderly persons aged 60 to 79 years who are not beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE) program. The new grant will target 1,896,190 people. This was revealed by Minister of State for Elderly …
Read More »Gov’t tasked to explain new wave of abductions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has asked for more time to present a comprehensive statement on the new wave of abductions in the country. Speaking in parliament on Wednesday, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without Portfolio Rukia Nakadama Isanga, said it is absurd that the abductions of people …
Read More »Six medical workers at Mubende hospital test positive for Ebola
Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six health workers at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital have tested positive for Ebola virus disease. According to Herbert Luswata, the General Secretary of the Uganda Medical Association, three are medical workers, two are interns and one medical student. The samples of the health workers were sent …
Read More »African Union launches push for universal ratification of anti-graft convention
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The African Union Advisory Board on Corruption (AUABC), established in 2009 to invigorate the fight against corruption, has been lobbying countries to ratify its convention to facilitate the elimination of the vice in the continent, an official said. “We have been engaging with the relevant structures …
Read More »Court dismisses jailed MPs application for consolidation of murder, terrorism files
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the High Court has dismissed an application in which jailed Members of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana wanted two criminal files of charges against them consolidated. Lady Justice Alice Komuhangi Khauka on Wednesday dismissed the application on grounds that consolidation …
Read More »Power outages in West Nile irk MPs
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee (Central) are irked by the power outages in West Nile that have adversely affected the smooth running of Muni University in Arua City. According to Emmanuel Banya, Muni University Secretary, the science-based university is not connected to the …
Read More »Ebola outbreak: Kyegegwa district heightens survillance
Kyegegwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyegegwa district has heightened health surveillance following an outbreak of Ebola in the neighboring Mubende district. The health ministry last week confirmed an outbreak of Ebola in Mubende district after a sample taken from a 24-year-old man from Madudu sub-county came out positive for the Sudan …
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