Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is pushing ahead with plans to construct a nine billion US Dollar nuclear power plant despite fears about the likely costs. Uganda has planned to include nuclear or atomic energy as part of the energy mix since the early 2000s. In 2008, Parliament passed the …

Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The African Commission on Human Rights has called upon authorities in Uganda to stop violating the rights of the indigenous Benet people of eastern Uganda. The Commission also wants the government of Uganda to investigate all the violations against the Benet people and disclose publicly …

Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Pader district are concerned over the wild temperament of persons (previously) suffering from nodding syndrome. During the commemoration of World Sight Day in Kitgum municipality on Thursday, the chairperson of the district, Retired Colonel Fearless Obwoya, revealed that the survivors are raping women and …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to get involved in the dispute over documents taken from his Florida home this summer. Trump requested the justices reverse a decision from a lower court and allow a special master to examine around 100 …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in West Nile under their umbrella body, West Nile Development Association (WENDA) have resolved to adopt vegetable production as an alternative to tobacco. Farmers and locals in West Nile have been stuck to growing tobacco and simsim, as their main source of income over …

London, UK | Xinhua | Kwasi Kwarteng, chancellor of the exchequer of the United Kingdom (UK), resigned on Friday after his mini-budget was blamed for causing economic turmoil. “You have asked me to stand aside as your Chancellor. I have accepted,” Kwarteng said in his resignation to Prime Minister Liz Truss …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 20 financial technology companies have been licensed by the Bank of Uganda to carry out services under the National Payments Systems Act. Another 50 applications are being processed by the industry regulator. This is one of the achievements of the enhanced regulation of the …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Former U.S. President Donald Trump has released a lengthy response to the Jan. 6 committee’s vote to subpoena him over the Capitol riot. “This memo is being written to express our anger, disappointment, and complaint,” Trump wrote in a letter to Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson, chairman …

Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elders in Kotido district have called for a ban on short skirts, tight clothing and trousers among women employed in the public service. They say that the dress code is disrespectful and immoral. John Bosco Akore, the secretary of Kotido Elders Council told URN that skirts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Youth Council has blamed the government for the recurrent conflicts between the Kingdom and Kooki Chiefdom. The two cultural institutions have been embroiled in controversy arising from Kooki’s pursuit of autonomy. The dispute began in 2009 when the hereditary leader of Kooki, Kamuswaga Apollo …