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How mismatch in the regional force’s objectives and expectations of the Congolese government may render the failure of peace mission COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Maj. Gen. Jeff Nyagah, the Kenyan Commander of the East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) has abruptly returned to Nairobi five months after landing in …

Namutumba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has re-emphasised the importance of creating more jobs to get Ugandans out of unemploment, instead of focussing on the remuneration of those already in work. “As we celebrate this Labour day, we should focus more on how to create enough jobs …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has returned to Parliament the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023 for reconsideration. In a letter dated 25 April addressed to Speaker Anita Among, which was read to Members of Parliament during a plenary sitting on Wednesday by the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, …

FUFA President Magogo urges government to cancel the contracts of the contractors and supervisors and immediately procure experienced service providers in stadium construction, even if it means being obtained from outside Uganda. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Federation of Uganda’s Football Association (FUFA) has announced that the Uganda Cranes …

Is this the end of the Church of England’s influence in Africa? COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | The Anglican Church is in disarray following a decision reached by hundreds of conservative Anglican Church leaders during a conference held April 17-21 in Kigali, Rwanda. The fourth Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered the Ministry of Finance to release with immediate effect six billion shillings for the rehabilitation of roads in the Capital City, Kampala Capital. Museveni issued the directive on Wednesday while meeting a delegation from Serbia at State House …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN |  State Minister for Karamoja Affairs Agnes Nandutu has been charged and committed to High Court for trial on charges of dealing with suspect property contrary to section 21A(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act, 2009. Investigations on the matter are complete. The Anti-Corruption Court in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN |  The Minister of State for Finance and Planning Amos Lugoloobi has been denied bail by the Anti Corruption Court. He has been remanded to Luzira Prison until Thursday April 20. Lugoloobi was arrested last week in relation to diversion of iron sheets for people …

East African leaders call for immediate ceasefire as fighting rages in Sudan Nairobi, Kenya  | Xinhua |  East African leaders on Sunday called for an immediate end to the ongoing fighting in Sudan where military clashes have killed at least 56 people and injured nearly 600 others. The Kenyan Presidency …

Which ‘petty thieves’ will Museveni spare or sack? COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Moments after Dr. Mary Goretti Kitutu, the beleaguered Minister for Karamoja Affairs got bail on April 14, Godber Tumushabe, the Associate Director of the Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies, a Kampala-based public policy thinktank sounded cynical …