Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 500 dogs and cats have been vaccinated against rabies in Vurra sub county, Arua district. Rabies is a deadly virus spread to people from the saliva of infected animals and is usually transmitted through animal bites. The exercise being undertaken in Pajulu, Arua …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some of the workers of Fly Dubai and Emirates want the government to test passengers traveling to the United Arab Emirates to address the increasing number of forged COVID-19 test certificates and delayed release of results by some of the private laboratories. The workers who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry Finance, Planning and Economic Development says a total of 589 billion shillings was returned unspent to the Consolidated Fund by local governments at the end of financial year 2020/2021. The Public Finance Management Act, 2015 provides that all unspent balances from Ministries, Departments, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Clerk to Parliament Adolf Mwesige has directed suspension of expenditure of funds from the account of the Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga Institute of Parliamentary Studies (RAKIPS), citing irregularities and illegalities in the management of funds. The directive is carried in his letter dated 24th September …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Less than 24 hours after President Museveni clashed with Chief Justice Owiny-Dollo over granting bail to capital offence suspects, the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM Parliamentary Caucus is sitting this morning as stakeholders hold their breath hoping the meeting will resolve the contentious issue. Lilian Aber, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The G7 group of developed nations are yet to fulfil their financing pledge to developing nations for this year’s climate change activities, which is curtailing efforts by the poor countries to implement their commitments, according to the UN. The seven nations agreed at the United …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened security deployment along the Uganda-Rwanda border to curb the increasing cases of illegal immigrants and smuggling of livestock by Rwandan nationals. On February 27, 2019, Rwanda closed its borders following an advisory by Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame to his nationals against travelling …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has called for the appointment of a senior minister in the Ministry of Education and Sports who is accessible and flexible to tackle the challenges the lockdown has imposed on the education sector. Speaking during the weekly FDC press …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Negotiations over U.S. President Joe Biden’s 3.5-trillion-U.S.-dollar spending bill have hit a “stalemate,” leaving the fate of his entire first-term agenda up in the air. The president on Friday said negotiations have hit a deadlock amid heated disagreements between progressives and moderates in his party, which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has backtracked on its plan to vaccinate learners below 18 years of age as earlier announced. In the past, the ministries of education and health had proposed to vaccinate all learners aged 12 and above using the Pfizer-Biotech vaccine, which is approved for …