Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has approved USD 148.2m (Shs 563bn) financing for Uganda to use to manage and restore its forests cover. The money according to the lender is also expected to have spillover benefits to forest dependent communities like refugees and their host communities. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrate, Ruth Nabaasa has ordered the immediate release of Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament, Francis Zaake Butebi. Nabasa ordered Zaake’s release on grounds that he had been under illegal detention for more than 48 hours which violates various constitutional rights. She …

Kamopala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has exercised the powers given to him under article 121 of the 1995 Constitution to pardon 833 prisoners around the country. Speaking to reporters at the Uganda Media Centre on Monday, Frank Baine, the spokesperson of the Uganda Prisons Services …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is falling short of fulfilling its commitment to provide 6kgs of maize flour, 3kgs of beans and salt per head to vulnerable urban communities and powdered milk and sugar for lactating mothers and the sick. In his statement issued on April 1st, 2020, …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | The UN rights chief warned Monday that countries flouting the rule of law in the name of fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic risk sparking a “human rights disaster”. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called on countries to refrain from violating fundamental rights …

Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has begun disinfecting all trucks that are entering the country as part of the country’s measures to forestall the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The disinfection process carried out by officials from the Uganda Red Cross begun today at the Bunagana border which …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Francis Zaake, the Mityana Municipality MP finally appeared in court on charges of engaging in act that is likely to spread coronavirus. He appeared before the Mityana Chief Magistrate, Elias Kakooza where he arrived around 1 pm in an ambulance. The legislator was brought to …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Close to 2,000 people in Nakiwogo in Entebbe Municipality in Wakiso district are affected by the rising water levels of Lake Victoria according to local authorities. Paul Zikuliza, the Lugonjo-Nakiwogo village chairperson says the water has mainly affected traders and residents of Lugonjo-Nakiwogo and …

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has not been seen in public for more than two weeks, missing commemorations for a key political anniversary, and reports he underwent a cardiovascular procedure have spiralled into speculation he could be incapacitated or even dead. Both Seoul and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Market vendors in Kampala and surrounding areas are set to get malaria preventive medicines or prophylaxis tablets as an additional measure to protect them against malaria. The offer will go to the vendors who are spending nights in the markets as one of the …