Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspects Karamojong rustlers have shot dead Daniel Akom, the speaker of  Kapeta sub-county in Kotido district, and his wife Jenifer Akidi. The couple was planning to sleep in their home when they were gunned down at around 8pm on Sunday night for unknown reasons. Kapeta …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Oil Company-UNOC has said the search for a venture partner is delaying the development of Kampala Storage Terminal-KST, a reservoir aimed at reducing fuel shortages that usually lead to abnormal increase in petroleum products. Peter Muliisa, the UNOC’s Chief Legal and Corporate …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Vice President Jessica Alupo has cautioned students against resorting to strikes whenever they are expressing dissatisfaction over any situation in school. She says that it is high time students embrace dialogue with the school administrators to iron out their grievances in an amicable way …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Deusdedit Bwengye has petitioned the High Court seeking orders directing the government to include 13 law teaching universities on three statutory bodies, which make decisions about the progress of the legal profession in the country. They include Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), Nkumba …

Cairo, Egypt | Zhi Linfei & Li Rui – Xinhua | Joe Biden on Saturday concluded his first visit to the Middle East as the U.S. president, achieving a limited number of strategic goals on his selfish agenda. He neither succeeded in his bid to form a regional military alliance against …

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  Nairobi,  Kenya | THE INDEPEDENT |  Private sector players in the region are accusing the East African Community (EAC)  leaders of doing too little as the transport sector continues to suffer, allegedly from bad policies. And this, according to them has led to a surge in the cost of …

  COMMENT | MIRIAM KANYESGYE | The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic challenged society in ways once considered unimaginable, forcing people to reconsider a wide variety of practices, from work to leisure, to basic travel and daily tasks. At the peak of the pandemic, a large proportion of the global …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Paramount Chief of Lango Cultural Foundation Yosam Odur Ebii has demanded blood compensation for the death of Robert Charles Ogwang, the Acting Bukwo Chief Administrative Officer. He made the declaration while addressing mourners during the burial of the late Ogwang at Apii Primary school in Kole …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following the declaration of Paul Sande Emolot unopposed as the next Emorimor, the house of Teso elders has named a different person. This comes a few days after Dr. Charles Otim, the Chairperson of the Iteso Cultural Union (ICU) Electoral Commission on Tuesday declared Paul …