Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of individuals are fluking the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination at centres that were preserved for teachers and their support staff. The vaccination exercise for teachers in Kampala schools started on August 25, as one of the measures to prepare for the reopening of …
Read More »Police pick up DPA journalist from Afghan evacuees hotel
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Ugandan journalist Henry Wasswa Lumanyika is detained at Entebbe Police Station on charges of Criminal Trespass, after allegedly interviewing Afghan evacuees. Wasswa, a senior correspondent with Deutsche Press Agentur (DPA), the German Press Agency,) was arrested on Thursday by security officers at Imperial …
Read More »Uganda’s Emong Wins Bronze
Tokyo, Japan | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s most decorated Para-athlete David Emong has once again lifted Uganda’s flag high by winning a bronze medal in men’s 1500m T46 category at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games. In a highly contested race, the star para-athlete emerged third in a time of …
Read More »Mali lifts restrictive measures on former Malian transitional president and his PM
Bamako, Mali | Xinhua | The Local Committee for Monitoring the Transition in Mali (CLST) welcomed the transitional government’s decision to lift restrictive measures on former Malian transitional president Bah N’Daw and his Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. In a statement, it also welcomed the measures taken by the government to …
Read More »Uganda eyes benefits of new Global Posta Strategy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has signed onto the Global World Postal Strategy that is aimed at reviving, sustaining and growing the postal sector, which is under pressure from the digital revolution. The four-year strategy responds to the current market needs and sets out approaches on how the …
Read More »COURT: Minister Kania can file additional affidavits
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Arua has allowed the State Minister for Lands Obiga Mario Kania to file five additional affidavits in defence of an election petition against him. The court’s decision follows a preliminary hearing of the petition on Friday in which Apama Amato …
Read More »UPDF secures Moroto-Kotido road after series of attacks
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UPDF has refuted reports that Moroto-Kotido Road is insecure and assures the public that there is the situation is under control despite isolated incidents. The public has expressed fear about the safety and security situation on some of the roads following ambushes against …
Read More »Mpuuga outlines Opposition legislative agenda
1. Reforming political representation and the ‘fossils’ of decentralisation 2. Operationalisation of the National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy 3. Enforcement of Service Delivery 4. National Health Universal Coverage 5. Education Financing and access 6. Prioritising games and sports 7. Curbing of wasteful expenditure 8. [Fight] Run away …
Read More »EC, Katikamu MP backtrack on cross examining Gaddafi witnesses
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Katikamu North MP Denis Sekabira has backtracked on a decision to cross examine witnesses of Gaddafi Nassur, a political challenger who is challenging his victory in Court. Sekabira, a member of the National Unity Platform was declared winner of the Katikamu North Parliamentary race …
Read More »LAWYERS: Stop normalizing extra-judicial killings
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers under their umbrella organization, Network for Public Interest Lawyers-NETPIL have called upon the government and its security agencies to stop what they called normalization of extrajudicial killings. Speaking on Friday at Makerere University where the School of Law was launching a report on …
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