Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Union (EU) digital COVID-19 certificate will only be valid for travel for nine months, the European Commission said on Tuesday. The Commission said it had adopted a binding acceptance period of nine months (270 days) for vaccination certificates for the purposes of travel within …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA council degenerated into chaos on Tuesday as two Executive Committee members and the Speaker clashed over failure to present the Authority’s Annual performance report. This was part of the three key items listed on the day’s agenda. The others were tabling …

New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Oil prices rose on Tuesday, trying to recover from the prior session’s sell-off driven by Omicron fears. The West Texas Intermediate for February delivery added 2.51 U.S. dollars, or 3.7 percent, to settle at 71.12 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda police on Tuesday said a new rebel group is responsible for the murder of several police officers in the central region. Charles Twiine, spokesperson of the Criminal Investigations Directorate said in a tweet that a gang operating under Uganda Coalition Forces of Change …

Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of travelers en route Northern Uganda were stranded last night when police impounded eight buses at Kamdini checkpoint in Kamdini town council, Oyam district for violating the nighttime curfew. The affected buses include Eastern Nile Coach registration number UAK 206G, Friendship Bus KCF 702G, …

 Gov’t diverted UGX62Bn capitation grant to renovate schools Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The unutilized school capitation grant that the education and sports ministry directed schools to use for renovation works is severely inadequate, some of the headteachers have revealed. Due to the prolonged closure of learning institutions triggered by …

Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabarole district and Fort Portal city authorities have resolved to establish COVID-19 vaccination centers at every police checkpoint on major roads leading to and out of the city and the district. The decision is aimed at ensuring that unvaccinated people get the COVID-19 jab as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance has withdrawn from parliament a loan proposal of 386 Billion Shillings that was meant to finance the upgrading of oil roads in the Albertine graben. The roads include the 54-kilometre Masindi-Biiso road, 25 kilometres of Hohwa-Nyairongo-Kyarushesha-Butole road, and 25.7 kilometres of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Kizza Besigye, the national chairperson of the People’s Front for Transition-PFT, a loose opposition grouping opposed to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s rule has said as the country enters the New Year 2022, the dusk to dawn curfew instituted in 2020 as a means to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has tabled before parliament the national budget framework paper totaling 43 trillion Shillings for the coming financial year 2022/2023. The document was tabled before the Tuesday afternoon sitting by the Minister of State for Finance-General Duties, Henry Musasizi. Speaker Jacob Oulanyah referred the …