Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to review taxes on imported textile, following uproar from traders who said the new tax regime is prohibitive. In a meeting with the United Textile Group and Manufacturers’ Association …

Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for the removal of barriers to cooperation between countries in the field of medicine. “As to healthcare, just like in economy, we now need to remove as many as possible obstacles to partner relations,” Putin said at the general …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government should expedite the restoration of the burnt main building at Makerere University, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Betty Aol Ocan has said. The LOP who visited the University on Tuesday, 22 September 2020, said the main building popularly known …

Kanungu, Uganda | XINHUA | Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, host to more than half of the world’s mountain gorillas is experiencing an unprecedented baby boom never recorded before according to experts. High up the ridges of what is known as one of Africa’s oldest rainforest, the population of mountain …

New York, US | XINHUA | U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. With the national caseload topping 6.8 million, the death toll across the United States rose to 200,005 as of 11:23 a.m. local time …

United Nations | XINHUA | United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday appealed for global solidarity to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic in his centerpiece address to the historic and unprecedented 75th session of the UN General Assembly. Addressing the largely empty General Assembly Hall in New York, the UN …

Nairobi, Kenya | XINHUA | Kenya will set aside 400 million shillings (about 3.7 million U.S. dollars) annually to strengthen protection of rhinos in the wild amid growing threats, an official said on Tuesday. Najib Balala, cabinet secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, said the new funding to be sourced from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gabriel Jesus’s late goal in Manchester City’s 3-1 victory at Wolverhampton Wanderers set a Premier League record as 44 goals were scored across Matchweek 2’s 10 fixtures. There was barely time to draw breath as the goals kept flying in around the grounds in a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament on Tuesday afternoon raised queries on what could have caused the death of their colleague Faith Alupo, the Woman MP for Pallisa district. Alupo died a week ago after a short illness. At the time of her death, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five suspected dealers of stolen phones have been arrested downtown Kampala in intelligence led operations which also saw the recovery of more than 90 mobile phones. Kampala Metropolitan police spokesperson Patrick Onyango says the suspects were picked up in an operation by officers from …