Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The repair of non-functional solar street lights within Gulu City has been delayed by the procurement of essential components. Gulu City council authorities had earmarked 50 million shillings in June to start off a phased repair of about 50 out of close to 300 defective street …

With persevere and watching your expenses, you can go over the hurdles we are experiencing as prices spear through the roof COMMENT | PETER KAUJJU | David Mulongo is one of the routine shoe hawkers along Jinja Road, Nile Avenue and mostly the Old Portbell Road in Kampala City, Uganda’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Local Government, Victoria Rusoke Busingye, has undertaken to fight the abuse of office and misuse of funds among other irregularities plaguing operations of local governments. Busingye was responding to the Public Accounts Local Government Committee report presented to Parliament of its …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is keen to host the next edition of the African Netball Championship despite concerns about the inadequacy of facilities in the country, the President of the Uganda National Netball Federation Sarah Babirye Kityo has said. Uganda earned the right to host the 2023 Africa Netball …

Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | A forum of internet stakeholders opened Wednesday in Rwanda’s capital Kigali to discuss how to improve local and regional network interconnection. The Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) was organized by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the African IXP Association (AFIX) in collaboration with the Rwanda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Tom Butime, has confirmed that the Wildlife Fund will be operationalised by 01 October 2022 to commence compensation of victims of human-wildlife conflict. He said this during a plenary sitting chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, on Wednesday, 24 …

Study claims they suffer faster memory decline in later life | THE INDEPENDENT | Can earning less money, year after year, take a toll and negatively affect our brains and memory? Unfortunately, that answer may be yes, according to new research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association 2022 Addressing Health Disparities …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts at the 72nd session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa in Lomé, Togo on Wednesday expressed concern over the double burden of childhood tuberculosis and malnutrition. According to WHO, 19 percent of children battling tuberculosis in Africa are at the same …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Coffee farmers want Parliament to direct the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to allow coffee nursery farmers to supply seedlings to farmers and payments be made later. This was contained in a petition presented to Parliament by Sheema district woman Member of Parliament Rosemary …

Biological differences may be at play | THE INDEPENDENT | Cancer of most types develops more often in males than in females, and deaths from cancer reflect this disparity. A new study from researchers at the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute has analyzed data for 171,274 male …