COMMENT | Gertrude Kamya Othieno | Every 1st May, like clockwork, Uganda joins the rest of the world to honour workers, by ensuring the actual workers stay hard at it, while officials in crisp suits wave to the cameras and give speeches on “dignity” and “solidarity” from the comfort of shaded …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Retailers in and around Kampala have blamed the continued presence of counterfeit and substandard products in their stores on the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). This comes as the standards monitoring body moves to engage the private sector on how best to curb …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deposit Protection Fund (DPF) is grappling with challenges in tracing all account holders from two recently liquidated commercial banks, leaving millions of shillings unclaimed. In January and June 2024, the Bank of Uganda closed EFC Uganda Limited and Mercantile Credit Bank Limited, citing poor …

MADRID, SPAIN | Xinhua | Athletic Bilbao and Manchester United go head-to-head in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League semifinal in the San Mames Stadium on Thursday night. Athletic goes into the match with a 100 percent record in its home ground, while Manchester United is unbeaten in …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda AIDS Commission has reported a downward trend in new HIV infections, even as the country continues to fall short of key national targets in the fight against the epidemic. Speaking to journalists at the Uganda Media Centre on Tuesday, Dr. Vincent Bagambe, …

MOROTO, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in the Karamoja sub-region have called on the government and partners to support them with quality seeds during this crucial planting season. As the rainy season sets in the region, the farmers expressed concern that the planting season had started, but they did …

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation has warned that diphtheria, an acute and highly contagious bacterial disease that usually affects the mucous membranes of the nose and throat, which has since been defeated in many countries, risks re-emerging. In a statement shared during the World Immunisation …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is set to receive a major financial boost worth US$324.8 million (approx. 1.19 trillion shillings) under the Uganda Learning Acceleration Program- ULEARN Project, following renewed support from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and the World Bank. The …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The runner-up in the Kawempe North parliamentary elections, Faridah Nambi Kigongo, has accused the winner, Nalukoola Luyimbazi, of interfering with her witnesses and coercing them to retract the statements/evidence they had given in support of her petition. Nambi’s petition seeks to nullify Nalukoola’s election …

ROME, ITALY | THE INDEPENDENT | The upcoming Conclave for the election of the new Pope will draw Cardinals from 71 countries across all five continents, the Vatican has announced. On Monday, the Cardinals gathered in Rome agreed that the Conclave would begin on May 7, 2025, following the death of …