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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has asked the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party to recognize her efforts in amending the constitution in 2017 by re-electing her as the 2nd National Vice Chairman. Speaking Tuesday at State House Entebbe where members of the Central …

Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden has picked Kamala Harris as his running mate. She will be the first Black woman and the first Indian-American to be on a US Vice President ticket. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked  Kamala …

Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | Russia has registered the world’s first vaccine against the novel coronavirus, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. “As far as I know, this morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus infection has been registered,” Putin said during an …

Uganda is yet to approve the multi-trillion shilling deal involving Total E&P and Tullow Oil since the two firms announced their planned transaction, three months ago. Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | In a statement delivered via a webinar during the national content supplier workshop on Aug.5, Total E&P Uganda …

With frustration rising over haphazard responses to the coronavirus, community networks are filling the void across the continent | ANDREW GREEN | On April 14, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni announced he was adding three weeks to the country’s initial two-week lockdown. The restrictions were among the strictest on the continent—dusk-to-dawn …

But how accurate is that poll? Kampala, Uganda | HABATI MUBATSI | As expected ahead of the 2021 general elections, political polling is back. Research World International (RWI), which is Uganda’s main polling firm, has released its latest survey of the population on a range of issues economic and social …

The Missed Olympics ✳ July 30, 2020 10,000 m final ✳ August 6, 2020 5000m final Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Steeplechase king Conseslus Kipruto from Kenya will miss the Monaco Diamond League event that will mark the resumption of of world athletics after testing positive for COVID-19. “Unfortunately my …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has lashed out at Ugandans that are focused on promoting sectarianism, saying some have tried to cast the NRM as a system monopolized by people from western Uganda. “Here in the Presidency, I am quite comfortable without many Banyankore, or, indeed, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the National Coffee Bill, 2018 that provides for registration of coffee farmers by the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). The registration of farmers will entail capturing details of the size of land, number of coffee trees, particulars of a farmer, coffee …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of parliament (MPs) have created five Parliamentary seats for elderly persons, one of which has been ring-fenced for women. Every region including Central, Eastern, Northern and Western will each have a representative elected by the Elders’ Council constituting all the districts in a particular …