Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu, the Deputy Chief of Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has challenged armed forces from the East African Community-EAC member states to devise means of jointly averting security threats within the region so as to ensure their sovereignty. Addressing members of armed …
Read More »Refugees exhibit more resilience to shocks than host households- new study
Koboko, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s host and refugee households are having the same recovery proportions as the East African nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, preliminary findings from a recent study show. However, refugees in Koboko District recovered more than the host though still with lower Resilience …
Read More »Ugandan scientists to use nuclear tech in fight against cassava virus
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nuclear technology may soon be deployed to fight the cassava brown streak disease (CSBD) in Uganda. CBSD, caused by the Cassava brown streak virus, is one of the major viruses affecting cassava production in Uganda and other countries in Africa. The disease that was …
Read More »NAMUGONGO: 64 arrested over theft
Namugongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sixty-four suspects are in police custody for targeting pilgrims during the Martyrs’ Day celebrations. Luke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson, says that the suspects were arrested both inside and outside the martyr’s shrines and are locked up at Kira division police station. …
Read More »ECOWAS convenes summit on political situations in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso
Accra, Ghana | Xinhua | Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gathered in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, Saturday, hoping to find a solution to the political situations in Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso. Opening ECOWAS’ 6th Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and …
Read More »Standard Bank EACOP pipeline finance plan still on table despite protests
Cape Town, South Africa | MELISSA BRITZ – ALL AFRICA.COM | Climate activists have demanded answers from Standard Bank for its involvement and continued support for oil and gas projects on the African continent, even as the worst effects of the climate crisis are being seen and felt. Activist shareholders …
Read More »MARTYRS DAY: Kenyan Bishop castigates corruption, injustice in society
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans have been asked to emulate the Uganda martyrs by desisting acts of corruption and injustice. Bishop Samson Mwaluda from Kenya cautioned believers that indulgence in sinful practice is disobedience to God that must be resisted. While commending the martyrs for resisting the …
Read More »Stranded Namugongo pilgrims ask church, MPs for transport back home
Police, Church clash over stranded pilgrims Namugongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There were dramatic scenes at Namugongo Catholic shrines on Saturday afternoon, a day after the Martyrs day celebrations as police clashed with the administrators on how to handle stranded pilgrims. When our reporter arrived at the shrines in the …
Read More »EAC private sector calls for better financial services to boost trade
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | The private sector has blamed the banking industry in the East African Community for doing little to promote trade and investment, which has kept the region’s development slow. The investors say banks have not helped them access the financing needed to boost trade to catch …
Read More »Direct tax on coffee dealers stirs controversy among processors
Bukomansimbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government’s decision to directly charge coffee factories has upset coffee processors in Bukomansimbi district, who say it is likely going to force them out of business. In the 2018/19 budget framework, the government introduced a one percent direct tax on coffee buyers and …
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