Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have questioned the delayed presentation of a committee report on the controversial agreement between the government and the Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited. This was during the plenary sitting chaired by Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa. Last week, the chairperson …

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supporters of the former Bughendera County Member of Parliament in Bundibugyo district, Christopher Kibanzanga have started a campaign to mobilize resources to meet the cost of his election petition. Kibanzanga petitioned the High Court last year to nullify the victory of Acrobert Kiiza as Bughendera …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The speaker of Kitgum District Local Council has instituted a committee to investigate the alleged illegal tenancy of 28 housing units belonging to the district. The development follows a motion raised during the laying of the district draft budget for the financial year 2022/2023 on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Minister of Local Government, Raphael Magyezi to present a comprehensive statement explaining why budgets that had not been approved by districts councils were submitted to parliament. Tayebwa made the statement while delivering his communication to Members of …

San Francisco, U.S. | Xinhua | In a joint effort to make the web more secure and usable for all, Apple, Google and Microsoft on Thursday announced plans to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium. The new capability …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for African Women Educationalists-FAWE Uganda has asked the government to make adjustments to the school system to enable teenage mothers and pregnant learners to return to school. The two-year shutdown of schools due to Covid-19 resulted in a surge in teen pregnancies across …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that almost 15 million deaths globally were directly or indirectly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of 2021. According to the WHO’s estimates, the full COVID-19 death toll, or “excess mortality,” was approximately 14.9 million between …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tax consultants have cautioned Parliament on the negative implications on the proposed rental income tax amendments for the Financial Year 2022/23. The advisory was given by Joseph Okuja from Libra Advocates and Consultants at a meeting with Committee of Finance to elaborate the proposed income …

United Nations | Xinhua | China is firmly opposed to NATO provocating bloc confrontations around the world, a Chinese envoy to the United Nations said Thursday during the Security Council briefing on Ukraine. “Clinging to the anachronistic doctrine of security and keen to provoke bloc confrontations and create tensions in Europe …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded a Congolese National to Luzira prison for unlawful possession of protected species. Kabongo Mbaya was arraigned before the court on Thursday presided over by the Chief Magistrate Gladys Kamasanyu. He was charged with importation of wildlife specimens …