The National Disaster and Risk Management Plan is set to be ready in December but the inadequate funding and human resource personnel could hamper its effective implementation Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Khisa | Uganda will soon have a national disaster and risk management plan to handle disasters but the challenges related to …

Rome, Italy | Xinhua | Governments need to make their agrifood systems more connected, diversified, and resilient to sudden shocks, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) stressed in a major report on Tuesday. Unveiled at a virtual conference at the FAO headquarters in Rome, “The State of Food and Agriculture …

Bukwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Swaib Balaba, the Bukwo Chief Administrative Officer is in trouble for alleged abuse of office, corruption and overseeing shoddy projects in the district. The Local Government Minister Rapheal Magyezi, relieved Balaba of his duties on Tuesday and asked him to report to the ministry for further …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators on the Committee on Education were left in shock after they discovered that a US$113 million grant from the Chinese government for construction of Buhinga and Akii-Bua stadia has not been utilized. The MPs were disturbed to learn that the Ministries of Education and Sports,  …

EU to blacklist any transport company involved in helping move migrants from accessing EU airspace, landing at airports, arriving at ports or crossing EU territory Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Commission has proposed targeted measures to hit transport companies that are said to have helped smuggle people into the …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An angry mob has lynched a suspected cattle thief in Masindi district. The deceased was a notorious suspected thief identified as Muhammad Mwesigye, a resident of Kisindi village in Mirya sub county. Together with others still at large, they raided the home of Nicholas Tumwine of …

Butebo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Butebo district Chief Administrative Officer James Luyimba, and the Rubirizi principal human resource officer Doreen Tusiime, have been arrested by the office of the Inspectorate of Government. The two are accused of abuse of office, embezzling funds, and causing financial loss to the government. Luyimba …

Khartoum, Sudan | Xinhua | Sudan’s national transition has entered a new stage as relevant political parties recently reached a political agreement, with an eye to ending a month-long political crisis in the country. The deal was signed by Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and removed Prime Minister …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of a law is affecting the role of the Uganda Business and Technical Examination Board (UBTEB) in assessing all certificate and diploma training institutions in the country. UBTEB was formed under the Business, Technical, Vocational Education and Training (BTVET) Act and is supposed to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has finally released the modalities for the disbursement of the Covid-19 relief package worth 200 Billion Shillings for small enterprises. The fund was announced back in June as the government closed more sectors as part of the measures to contain the second wave of …