Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu University is set to award a Posthumous Honorary Doctorate of Law to former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. The move initiated by the government through the Ministry of Education and Sports seeks to recognize the fallen speaker’s contribution to legal practice in the country. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Early this month on April 1, 2022, the Uganda National Airlines Company Limited inaugurated a 7-member team of new Board of Directors. Led by their Chairperson Priscilla Mirembe Serukka, other members include Samson Rwahwire, Herbert Kamuntu, Patrick Ocailap, Barbara Namugambe, Abdi Karim Moding, and Ebrahim …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Second-hand car dealers are pushing for the halt of implementation of the East African single customs territory regulations on the importation of used cars with 9 years or above since the date of manufacturing. As per the URA notice, effective 1st July 2022, there will …

Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Paidha Grade One Magistrates court has remanded two residents of Paidha town council in Zombo district for allegedly kidnapping for ransom, a seven year old Congolese child. The suspects identified as Derrick Kagwa and Jeremy Ofoyrwoth, believed to be in their late 20s, reportedly kidnapped …

A lack of a ‘protective legal framework’ to protect boys is one of the main reasons for their exclusion Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Although girls have more difficulty accessing education and make up most out-of-school children at the primary level, challenges facing boys are increasing at later stages, according …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | On the occasion of the World Health Day which falls on April 7, the World Health Organization (WHO) called on all governments to take concrete actions to mitigate the climate crisis for the health of our planet and the health of humans. The theme for this …

Bugiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have shot dead 23-year-old Muzafalu Kalinaki, a resident of Mayuge town council in Bugiri district while attempting to disperse rowdy protesters at Mayuge police post. He was hit on the head when police opened fire to disperse protesters who stormed the post baying for …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia has made a decision on the early termination of its membership of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Thursday. “The Russian side considers the resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly on April 7 in New York to suspend the …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court in a 53-47 vote on Thursday. Only three Republicans joined Democrats and independents in supporting Jackson to be the first African American woman on the highest court. At age 51, Jackson has sat on …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local government councils in Northern Uganda have resolved to rename the Northern regional cancer treatment centre in Gulu after the former speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. The resolution is one of the several other proposals adopted for implementation during the extraordinary council meeting held in …