NETPIL has filed a petition at High Court that compels the Attorney General to establish the Communication Commission tribunal. The petition also seeks to regulate the powers of the UCC Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two lawyers have sued the government for failing to constitute a tribunal to resolve disputes …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected African swine fever has killed over 30 pigs in Gulu district. The most affected are the farmers of Pagik parish in Paicho sub–county. Geoffrey Okot, a piggery farmer at Pagik parish says that the disease was first detected in late February but has since …

Justice Byabakama says High Court is capable of handling the parliamentary election petitions and that there is no need to set up tribunals Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission (EC) has rejected proposals under the Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2020 which seeks to change the process of handling parliamentary …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Soroti has reverted Aloet and Opiyai wards to Soroti City East Division following an application by the Soroti Municipality MP Herbert Edmund Ariko. In February, Ariko who lost his bid for the Soroti East Division seat in the January elections ran …

The pandemic has worsened marginalization of women and girls on the continent Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The attainment of gender-related sustainable development goals in Africa risks becoming a mirage as the continent grapples with aftershocks linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new United Nations report. The pandemic has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Winning the speaker’s race for the next parliament will not only depend on the criteria set by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party which enjoys the majority in parliament, but also the interests of top party officials. In May this year, 529 MPs will …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has blamed the clash by the business community and the authorities over standards of goods on the lack of knowledge on the existence of the regulations. The Bureau says it has developed more than 3,600 standards on products that …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Lamwo district has arrested three suspects in connection to the death of their biological brother. The suspects identified as Thomas Bongomin 29, Wilson Lutare Salaama 36, and Willy Okot 46, were arrested on Tuesday evening after their brother identified as Geoffrey Okane …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Amuru district have appealed to the Ministry of Health to send them more COVID-19 vaccines. The district received 3,000 doses of the vaccines on Tuesday which will cover 1,500 people. The vaccination exercise is expected to start by 17th of March. Amuru district …

Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson says the operations are in response to the call by Bobi Wine urging people to demonstrate peacefully Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 60 people have been arrested in the city centre in an operation against planned riots. An Officer in Charge of …