Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority is still awaiting directives from the government on when commercial flights should resume as infrastructure upgrade continues at Entebbe International Airport amidst measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease. Last week, social media and a section of mainstream media …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Differences in political ideology and brands are threatening alliances by opposition political parties ahead of the 2021 general elections. Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the presidential candidate for Alliance for National Transformation-ANT says that an alliance is not feasible at the moment because other parties have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital on Saturday discreetly discharged 30 patients who have recovered from coronavirus disease – COVID-19. Earlier this week, 27 others were discharged bringing to 275 cumulative recoveries from the facility since May. The individuals who included Gulu based journalists were flagged off …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tenants in Kampala’s commercial buildings are calling on the president to quickly assent to the Landlord-Tenant Act 2018, saying it would help resolve the current conflicts over rent and other issues. This comes as the two sides fail to agree on whether to have the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has announced Pheona Nabasa Wall as their new President replacing  Simon Peter Kinobe who has served for the last two years. Nabasa’s declaration follows the Saturday afternoon election by ULS members from different society polling stations across the country. They …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An elderly COVID-19 patient has died from Moroto Regional Referral Hospital. The hospital’s director Dr Ben Watmon confirmed the death of an 87-year-old resident of Loputuk sub county in Moroto district on Saturday evening. He said the man reported to Moroto Hospital on September 10, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala businessman Mathew Kanyamunyu, a prime suspect in the shooting of child rights activist Kenneth Akena Watmon, is seeking traditional mediation in the case. Recently, Kanyamunyu’s family sought the intervention of Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative (ARLPI) and the Acholi Cultural Institution to broker …

Juba, South Sudan | XINHUA | After five years of brutal civil war, several South Sudanese parties signed a revitalized peace agreement in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on September 12, 2018, following ten months of intense negotiations. Two years on, the peace deal is yet to produce tangible results as …

Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two soldiers who were allegedly hired to kill a resident of Luweero have been arrested. The two soldiers attached to the Special Forces Command-SFC at Nakasongola Cantonment, have been identified as Private Apiku Jackson and Private Olobo Sadiq. They were allegedly hired by one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement- NRM has asked it’s polling officials to be considerate and grateful that they have a job. The statement followed complaints from a cross-section of polling officials who are managing party primaries about the low pay, for the task. Many raised …