Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe Chief Magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis has dismissed a private suit instituted by jailed city lawyer Male Mabirizi, against the Democratic Party president Norbert Mao, and his Secretary General Gerald Siranda. Mabirizi dragged the duo to court on charges of being a common nuisance, disobedience …

Tough questions over Uganda Airlines CEO hiring COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Embattled Uganda Airlines CEO, Jenifer Musiime Bamuturaki, and by proxy President Yoweri Museveni who appointed her, could be right. Many human resource managers and C-suite material recruiters today agree that experience trumps academic papers. When recruiting an …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrates Court has remanded four suspects including a student at Kololo Secondary School on charges related to conspiracy to defraud unsuspecting security officers. The suspects are Derrick Rwothomio, a student at Kololo Secondary School, Mike Mugarura, a resident of Kyanja Kensington Nakawa Division, …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the international community to do more to examine the conditions that drive hate. “We must do more to support victims and examine the conditions that drive intolerance and hate,” the UN chief said in his message to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala district building control officer has disclosed that Lotis Towers is going to be sealed off over cracked pillars. Peter Paul Wanyama, the KCCA Building Control Officer explained that after confirming the dangerously cracked pillars of the relatively new building, the next logical step …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the country marks 50 years since the expulsion of Asians from Uganda by former President Idi Amin Dada, two distinguished scholars have said there is going to be another expulsion if things continue with the trajectory they are taking. Speaking at a public lecture …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The World Food Programme (WFP) said Friday some 418 million U.S. dollars is urgently needed over the next six months to scale up assistance in the Horn of Africa as levels of hunger soar after back-to-back droughts and the threat of famine looms. WFP said the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked Entebbe Chief Magistrate Stella Maris Amabilis to explain whether or not she is related to Democratic Party President General Norbert Mao. Mabirizi says Amabilis must recuse herself from the case in which he instituted private criminal proceedings against Mao and …

The EAC Sexual and Reproductive Health Bill should be an opportunity for clerics and human rights advocates to collaborate COMMENT | YVONNE MPAMBARA | The East Africa Community Sexual and Reproductive Health Bill 2021 has been at the center of recent discourse in the media and in different technical spheres …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawmakers sitting on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have cited death threats relating to the ongoing probe into the irregular operations of the Uganda Airlines. Preliminary findings of the Committee have pinned down the Airlines Chief Executive Officer-CEO, Jenifer Bamuturaki, …