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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The debate on the Sugar (Amendment) Bill, 2023 has been deferred after the House failed to agree on the funding of the proposed Sugar Council, which if the bill is passed, will be the regulator of the sector. The Sugar Act, 2020 created the Sugar …

Is it better to eat several small meals or fewer larger ones? ANALYSIS | LINDSEY DESOTO | It is widely accepted in modern culture that people should divide their daily diet into three large meals – breakfast, lunch, and dinner – for optimal health. This belief primarily stems from culture …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenyans online wondered about the silence of star marathoner Eliud Kipchoge after his marathon world record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum, a fellow Kenyan athlete. Social media users rushed to offer congratulatory messages to Kiptum after he set a new marathon record of 2:00:34 at …

Debate rages over case of newborn baby detained for 4-months Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A case of a health facility detaining a patient for failure to pay a medical bill is once again in the news and the courts. This time, it is a couple suing a high end …

Banks are ready to finance the sector but with stringent conditions    Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s commercial banks have reiterated their commitment to finance oil and gas projects as long as borrowers meet the terms and conditions. Bank executives who spoke during the 10th East African Petroleum and …

  It’s important to put in place safety valves for a more nuanced, hate free debate that seeks to inform rather than vilify COMMENT | Frank Mugisha | The media is an important aspect of our lives; especially in fully grown or nascent democracies. It’s an important channel of information through which …

The declaration of the Anti-Homosexuality Act as unconstitutional upset the patriarchal matrix of power COMMENT | Frank Mugisha | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among and her deputy Thomas Tayebwa last week led the August House into a debate about homosexuality. Parliament’s fear was that there is promotion of homosexuality …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament will on Monday debate the censure motion against Persis Princess Namuganza, the State Minister for Lands, Housing, and Urban Development. The motion is the third item on the order paper issued on Friday by the Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige Kasaija. The seven-member Select …

  Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The anticipated debate on the censure motion against the Minister of State for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Persis Namuganza has been postponed. The Clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige had earlier on issued a notice calling all Members of Parliament for a special plenary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition in Parliament will debate from a better researched and informed point of view going forward, their leader pledged. Mathias Mpuuga, the Leader of the Opposition (LOP) and also Nyendo-Mukungwe Division MP, was speaking at a dinner he hosted for his Cabinet and the …