Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Energy Ministry has drawn a new roadmap for the second competitive oil bidding round for five blocks in the Albertine region. The five oil blocks along its western border with Congo and parts of the West Nile region have been on offer since …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has named 21 new members to serve in the General Court Martial. In a letter dated June 8th, President Museveni reappointed Lt Gen Andrew Gutti as the army court chairman for another term. Others reappointed are;  Col Richard Tukacungurwa as Judge …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Mbale District Task Force has closed a private clinic which was found with a 50litre oxygen cylinder has been closed. On Wednesday Police arrested Alex Nyongesa, the director of Health for Life General Medical Clinic and Laboratory  and his staff Job Cherotich for …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business continues to boom at Elegu Township in Amuru District, Uganda’s border point of entry into neighbouring South Sudan despite the lockdown instituted to curtail the spread of COVID-19. There is an influx of cargo truckers delivering goods to Juba while security officials; police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Manzi Tumubweine, the former Rukiga County Member of Parliament and Minister of State for Privatization has died. Tumubweine succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday night at around 10:00 PM at Case Clinic in Kampala where he has been admitted. His death was confirmed by the …

Washington, US | XINHUA |  U.S. President Joe Biden will host German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House on July 15, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday. “Chancellor Merkel’s visit will affirm the deep bilateral ties between the United States and Germany,” Psaki said in a statement. “The …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | The East African Community (EAC), a regional economic bloc, is planning to develop a COVID-19 economic recovery plan to help the region rebuild from the negative effect of the pandemic.Juvenal Ndimurirwo, director of finance for the EAC Secretariat, told a virtual meeting Friday that the …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A traffic police officer has been knocked dead along the Kamuli-Buyende road. Enoch Ndingidyeye, 30 was knocked on Friday by a sugarcane truck which he attempted to stop. The truck registration number UAM 405H was ferrying passengers from the Buyende district to areas in …

Covid-19 testing centres register increase in infections in learners Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The situation at Makerere Hospital is being played out across the country after students returned abruptly for holidays when the second wave of COVID-19 hit the country. Dr Josephat Byamugisha, Executive Director Makerere hospital -one …

Falmouth, Britain | XINHUA | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday agreed to work to resume travel between the two countries and signed a new Atlantic Charter, as they met ahead of the Group of Seven (G7) summit. “They agreed to work to reopen …