Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning), Amos Lugoloobi, has said that government will now pay the Parish Development Model (PDM) monies in instalments due to cash flow problems. Lugoloobi was on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, appearing before the Committee on Finance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have arrested two members of Torture Survivors Movement Uganda after dropping a coffin at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Kampala, while protesting the continued torture and killings of Ugandan migrant workers in the Middle East. The protest on Tuesday, followed the reported cases …

The market boasts of two reinsurance companies, 29 insurance players, and three HMOs | THE INDEPENDENT | Insurers in Uganda have recorded an 18.5% growth in gross written premiums for the six-month period ending June.30 to Shs 711.6bn. Results released in Kampala on Aug.18 indicate that the non-life insurance business …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara district has registered a decline in early infant HIV infections in the last six months. Chris Nahabwe, the Mbarara district HIV Focal Person, says between October 2021 and March 2022, only one infant tested HIV positive at all the five health centers in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Alert Squad has named five private security firms for allegedly deploying guards with faulty firearms. Police spokesperson Fred Enanga identifies the implicated firms as Vision Security, Pinnacle Security, Ndugali Security, Premier Security, and Donward Security. He explains that they decided to name and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has rejected a request by Uganda Airlines to bar the media from covering its proceedings. The national air carrier, through its Manager, Corporate Quality, Michael Kaliisa, also requested the committee, without revealing details, to reschedule their …

Nairobi, Kenya  | THE STAR KENYA |  Media Council of Kenya (MCK) claims the efforts to organize a joint media tallying centre failed because talks started too late. In a statement on Tuesday, MCK CEO David Omwoyo said that media owners and Editors Guild had agreed on the joint tallying …

  Nairobi, Kenya  | THE STAR KENYA |  Leader of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters party Julius Malema has yet again asked Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga to concede defeat. He has told the ODM leader not to go down in history as one who was desperate for power. Raila has …

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Xinhua | Fitch Solutions on Monday maintained its palm oil average price forecast this year at 5,200 ringgit (1,160 U.S. dollars) per ton, seeing a slight recovery in palm oil prices from its recent decline. The Fitch group unit said in a note, for the remainder of …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of the National Unity Platform-NUP in Kasese district have called for unity. They argue that the opposition would have performed better in last week’s by-elections in Busongora South had they fielded a single candidate. On Thursday, the Kasese District Returning Officer, Ismail Atwijukire Takih …