Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Busia market contractor is on the spot over shoddy works 10 months after the market was opened. The 25 Billion Shillings market located at Solo A village in the Western division was contracted to a Chinese company Zhongao-Zhongen joint ventures. It is part of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet approved Shillings 29.1billion to operationalize all new town councils and sub counties across the country. The government has since 2017 created more than 360 sub-counties and 350 town councils nationwide. However, most of them have remained non-functional due to lack of funding even after …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Buganda Parliamentary Caucus have resolved to pitch camp in Masaka city on Friday this week to assess the security situation following the persistent cases of murder in the greater Masaka region. The legislators resolved this in their caucus meeting held on Wednesday morning …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Director for Operations Edward Ochom, has warned police commanders against selectively charging suspects arrested for flouting Covid-19 guidelines. Ochom in his latest internal memo says that they have noticed an increase in complaints raised by members of the public about being asked to …

Gomba, Uganda | THE INDEPEDENT | 10 people have been arrested for alleged murder in Gomba district. Their arrest follows violent land clashes that left one person dead and five others injured. Last week, angry residents of Buwanguzi village in Mpenja sub county attacked a group of surveyors led by the …

Chicago, U.S. | Xinhua | COVID-19 vaccination elicited antibody responses in nearly nine out of 10 people with weakened immune systems, although their responses were only about one-third as strong as those mounted by healthy people, according to a study of researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Church of Uganda has received a donation of land for the establishment of St Janani Luwum Memorial and Pilgrimage center at Wii Gweng village in Mucwini sub-county, Kitgum district. The land measuring 93.7 acres was donated by five family members from Wii Gweng village, …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for an end to racism on the occasion of the first-ever International Day for People of African Descent, which falls on Aug. 31 each year. This day is a celebration of the enormous contributions of people of African descent …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA will terminate the licenses for bars, discos, video and film halls that admit children. This is contained in a draft ordinance titled Kampala Capital City (Prohibition and Prevention of Gender-Based Violence) Ordinance, 2021. The draft provides for the prohibition and prevention …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday defended his decision to hastily pull U.S. troops out of Afghanistan, a mission broadly criticized by the American public. During televised remarks delivered from the State Dining Room inside the White House, Biden spent a considerable portion of his speech …