Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has revealed plans to establish a specialized court to handle environmental matters that have become a challenge in both local and International arenas. Chief Justice Owiny-Dollo noted that cases of wetland encroachment, poaching, hazardous waste disposal, interference with the eco-system …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The bid for regional supermarket chain, Uchumi, has been dented by the decision to suspend its activities on the Uganda Securities Exchange, USE, for violating the rules of the game. The retailer recently launched a revival bid to reclaim the market it once led in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja responded to only two questions in her maiden ‘Prime Minister’s Question Time’. The Prime Minister’s Question Time is provided for under Rule 41 of the House rules of procedure. It is held on Thursday scheduled at 4:00 pm and lasts for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Special Investigations Unit-SIU is detaining ten suspects on allegations of vandalizing the telecom masts in various parts of the country. Charles Twine, the Criminal Investigations Directorate-CID spokesperson has identified the suspects as Martha Namukasa aged 30, Annet Nakkazi aged 54, Clare Namatovu aged 25, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan rower Kathleen Noble Grace has set a National record in rowing when she finished fifth in heat 2 of the women single sculls this morning in Tokyo, Japan. Noble opened Uganda’s hunt for medals in the summer games, but fell to rowing stars from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has tasked the House Committee on health to carry out field visits to government health facilities across the country to ascertain the state they are in. Among issued the directive on Thursday during the plenary session. She gave …

London, UK | Xinhua | A new research conducted in Britain has found that a coronavirus related to SARS-CoV 2 that causes COVID-19 in humans has been detected in British horseshoe bats, according to a report published in Indian English daily “Mint” Tuesday. The research team said that bats will almost …

Health ministry officials will be visiting some of the laboratories that issued fake Covid-19 results Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Health Monitoring Unit has opened investigations into laboratories that issue fake COVID-19 test results. This comes after several travelers at Entebbe International Airport were blocked after it was …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inter-Party Organization for Dialogue-IPOD is in the process of drafting a new Memorandum of Understanding-MoU that binds all political parties with representation in Parliament. Four political parties namely the Democratic Party-DP, Forum for Democratic Change-FDC, National Resistance Movement-NRM and Uganda People’s Congress-UPC signed …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira region police are holding eight suspected ring leaders of criminal gangs that have been terrorizing Jinja city residents. Police picked up the suspects from the suburbs of Bugembe, Mafubira, Masese and Mpumudde in operations conducted on Wednesday night. According to police, the suspects are …