Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jaro Hospital is in trouble for allegedly detaining Robert Ssentongo, a 15-year-old boy due to failure of his family to clear a medical bill of Shillings 4.8 million. The teenager’s family has dragged Jaro Hospital, Kyaliwajjala to the High Court Civil Division. Sentogo’s father, Raymond …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni, the Commander In Chief of the armed forces has retired 48 generals of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces at a ceremony held at State House Entebbe, Wednesday. General Elly Tumwine, who died last week and was buried on Tuesday was supposed to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has said that about seven trillion shillings is locked up in undissolved disputes before the Commercial Division of the High Court. Owiny-Dollo revealed this while delivering the Annual Performance Report of the Judiciary at the High Court in Kampala on …

Prague, Czech Republic | Xinhua | Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) member states have agreed to suspend a visa facilitation agreement the bloc has with Russia, the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Wednesday. “We agree today with EU foreign ministers on full suspension of the EU-Russia visa …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The banking industry has defended its changing mode of operation which sections of the public describe as less friendly, saying they have learnt from the effects of global shocks on the businesses and economies generally. In recent times, Bank of Uganda has compelled commercial banks …

Nairobi, Kenya |  THE STAR KENYA |  Supreme Court judges on Wednesday bombarded the Azimio la Umoja legal team with tough questions on some of the issues they raised during their oral submissions in the presidential petition. The judges shot the questions to specific lawyers who made certain claims on the electoral …

  Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA |  Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga and running mate Martha Karua on Wednesday met Azimio leaders from the Mt Kenya region. The meeting came as the hearing of the presidential petition they filed at the Supreme Court to overturn William Ruto’s win got underway. “Martha …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  TotalEnergies EP Uganda has this week reiterated its commitment to supporting sustainable and inclusive economic growth through income generating activities by the Tilenga project community.  The company has provided start-up kits to Project Affected Persons (PAPs) under Resettlement Action Plan 1 (RAP 1) to …

✳ Manchester City 6 – 0 Nottm Forest ✳ Liverpool 2 – 1 Newcastle Utd ✳ West Ham Utd 1 – 1 Tottenham ✳ Arsenal 2 – 1 Aston Villa ✳ Bournemouth 0 – 0 Wolverhampton London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Erling Haaland scored his second successive Etihad Stadium hat-trick …

London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Fabio Carvalho’s 98th-minute goal gave Liverpool a dramatic 2-1 comeback victory over Newcastle United in Wednesday night’s Premier League clash at Anfield. Alexander Isak’s clinical strike seven minutes before the interval handed the visitors a lead but the Reds moved back on terms courtesy of …