Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Businesses came to a standstill in Soroti town this morning as residents had sight of desert locusts’ invasion in town for the very first time. Many people abandoned their shops, offices and all other activities to have a glimpse of the migratory insects. Desert locusts that …

Washington, United States | AFP | Democrats take the stage for a debate in South Carolina on Tuesday in what could be the final opportunity for Joe Biden and the party’s other presidential candidates to halt Bernie Sanders’ drive to the nomination. The 78-year-old senator from Vermont is in pole position …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP | Deontay Wilder plans to activate his rematch clause for a third fight with Tyson Fury after his seventh-round TKO loss to the Briton, US media reported Monday. Yahoo Sports reported Wilder would seek a rematch — and that he says a miscalculation with his …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto district has requested for 234 million Shillings from the central government to enable it to carry out surveillance against the desert locusts. The budget was submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industries and fisheries, last week. If granted, the money, according to the Chief …

New Delhi, India | AFP | India rolled out the red carpet on Tuesday for US President Donald Trump on the second day of a visit high on spectacular optics, but deadly unrest exposed religious tensions that his host is accused of stoking. The violence in New Delhi on Monday just …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The dates for the nomination of Presidential and Parliamentary candidates have been extended to early October. The Electoral Commission had in it’s earlier roadmap set the nomination of presidential candidates for August 12, 2020, and Parliamentary nominations for August 20, 2020. But The Electoral Commission …

Athens, Greece | AFP | The new coronavirus is a “game changer” that will require a rethink of global supply networks especially in the health, medicine, and auto industries, the French finance minister said on Tuesday. “The coronavirus epidemic is a game changer for globalisation,” Bruno Le Maire said during a visit to Athens, adding …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliament Pension Scheme has realised an assets growth of 25.7 percent from shs 204.55 billion in 2018 to Shs 257.21 billion improving its financial and investment capacity. The Chief Operations Manager, Nightingale Mirembe said that this is attributed to an increase in member …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called for a review of the tax policy where private education institutions are exempted from paying taxes. Museveni said this during the launch of the Uganda Christian University (UCU) run on Saturday, 22 February 2020 in Mukono. The run is …

Kampala, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party-DP has started consulting members on the proposed constitutional amendments with the aim of harmonizing leadership within the party structures. Samuel Muyizi, the DP legal advisor says they are currently consulting party members on a cocktail of proposed constitutional amendments before they table …