Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government will not allow people who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 to operate in the city come January 2022. The state minister for Kampala and metropolitan affairs, Kabuye Kyofatogabye made the announcement in Kikuubo – the city’s wholesale hub. He repeatedly sounded the ultimatum in …

The Uganda parliament is yet to pass the 2009 Marriage and Divorce Bill that seeks to reform and consolidate the law relating to marriage and separation and divorce Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s recent court ruling on equal sharing of matrimonial property in the event of a divorce has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Appointments Board will tag the salary of staff to the number of days they work. Yusuf Kiranda, the University Secretary says that the policy is aimed at curbing absenteeism of both academic and support staff. According to records, the university employs more than …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police has charged Paul Mubiru and Hajib Kiggundu on three  counts. This stems from an incident where Mubiru was seen selling grasshoppers, a local delicacy known as Nsenene, aboard Uganda Airlines last Friday. Fred Enanga, the spokesperson of Uganda Police Force says the duo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jorginho’s second-half penalty rescued a 1-1 draw for Chelsea against Manchester United as the Blues had their lead at the top of the table cut to only one point. The visitors, led by Michael Carrick for the first time in the Premier League, had …

Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern The Hague, Netherlands | Xinhua | The Dutch health authority said Sunday that it has found 13 cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant among passengers on flights from South Africa. The cases were identified among 61 passengers who tested positive for coronavirus, the National Institute …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security officers have today arrested Paul Mubiru, the passenger who sold grasshoppers, locally known as nsenene, aboard Uganda Airlines flight 446 on Friday. According to three passengers who traveled with Mubiru aboard Uganda Airlines flight 445 from Dubai, the trader was arrested by immigration officers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government Chief Whip Thomas Tayebwa has said that government is in the process of enacting tougher legislation to curb sexual offenses in the country. Tayebwa indicated that the new law will be jointly considered with the ongoing bail reforms that the government is currently …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have disagreed with members of the Landlord and Developers Association over the currency of rent payment, with MPs standing their ground on the Uganda shilling. The association led by its chairperson, Godfrey Kirumira, had appealed to the Committee on Physical Infrastructure to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Waswa Balunywa, the Principal Makerere University Business School, has stung Makerere university management on their failure to make the praised university impactful in the community despite the enormous resources at hand. Prof Balunywa made the remarks on Thursday afternoon during a stakeholders mobilization event …