Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nasser Kerim, a health worker from Zeu health center III in Zombo district is in trouble for losing Shillings 6.7 million meant for the just concluded vaccination campaign in sports betting. Kerim served as the supervisor for Aka sub-county in Zombo district during the vaccination …

🌟 World Cup 2022 ✳ RESULT ⚽ Cameroon 3 vs Serbia 3 ⚽ South Korea 2 Ghana 3 ⚽ Brazil 1 Switzerland 0 ⚽ Portugal 2 Uruguay 0 Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | Brazil and Portugal secured their places in the round of 16 on a thrilling ninth day of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | To avoid racist stereotypes and stigmatization, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended on Monday that the monkeypox virus be renamed “mpox.” Both names — mpox and monkeypox — will be used simultaneously for one year while the latter is phased out, the WHO said in a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alfonse Owinyi-Dollo has asked the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to use her energy for better things other than interfering in the work of the judiciary. Speaking on Monday afternoon at Mestil Hotel in Kampala, while opening the annual Registrars and Magistrates’ Conference, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has asked religious leaders in the Rwenzori region to spearhead campaigns against poverty by mobilising Christians to embrace government development projects. Museveni believes that if religious leaders take on development leadership, it could improve lives of Christians as opposed to only preaching …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The Lamwo Resident District Commissioner Geoffrey Osborn Oceng, has asked the Chief Administrative Officer to act upon civil servants who report late for work and leave earlier than the normal time. In his November 24, 2022 letter, Oceng notes that in his last four months …

Tokyo, Japan | Xinhua | Tokyo prosecutors and Japan’s Fair Trade Commission on Monday raided the headquarters of major advertising firm Hakuhodo Inc. over suspected bid-rigging connected to the Tokyo Olympic Games held last year. The search of Japan’s second-largest advertising firm follows that of the country’s biggest firm Dentsu Inc. …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Youth in Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu-OBR cultural institution planted trees and staged a climate change walk in commemoration of the 27th November 2016 Rwenzururu palace attack. The youth said that they want the Rwenzurur King, Wesley Mumbere to find a better and well-conserved environment once he …

Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | Disney and Marvel Studios’ superhero film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” led North American box office charts for the third straight weekend with an estimated three-day cume of 45.9 million U.S. dollars, showed figures from the measurement firm Comscore on Sunday. The blockbuster has earned 367.7 …

Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwizi regional police are investigating circumstances under which their own lost a gun from the armoury. Corporal Wilson Nuwagira from Sanga police station in Kiruhura district is alleged to have lost a gun from the armoury where he was keeping guard on Sunday. Police spokesperson …