Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Electoral Commission -EC has directed District Returning Officers to obtain “written statements from presiding officers” as a first step to getting to the bottom of the statistical anomalies arising from the declared results from the January 14th Presidential elections. EC spokesperson Paul Bukenya told …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Former Forum for Democratic Change Party President Rtd Col Dr Kizza Besigye says he hasn’t retired from the struggle for the liberation of Uganda from the 35-year-old rule of President Museveni. Dr Besigye was the chief guest during thanksgiving prayers organised by Denis Onekalit Amere, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert, the former presidential candidate of the National Unity Platform-NUP has ordered his lawyers to withdraw a petition that he had filed in the Supreme Court challenging the outcome of the January 14, 2021, presidential election. The election was won by the National …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Palm Oil fruit farmers have resorted to harvesting immature fruits because of improved prices. The price of the Fresh Fruit Bunch-FFB increased to Shillings 700 from Shillings 400 in December last year. The price has increased further to Shillings 831 a kilogram. David Balironda, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Uganda Human Rights Commission wants the security agencies responsible for the officers who beat up journalists at the UN Human Rights Commission office last week to compensate them for the inhumane and degrading treatment they subjected them to.  The UHRC condemned the actions of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Ugandan exporters are crying over the business disruption caused by the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union alias Brexit as they were coming to terms with the effects of Covid-19. The UK voted to leave the EU in 2016. While it officially …

Pokot , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Jane Cherop had a dream of becoming a pilot. However, forcing her to under Female Genital Mutilation-FGM, a practice that is common among the Pokot in Amudat district ruined her dream. “… I did not want anything that would make me bleed wasting my …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda National Examination Board-UNEB is battling financial challenges that might affect the preparation and management of 2020 final examinations. According to sources in the examination body, the board lacks funds to finance a number of activities ahead of the Uganda Certificate Examinations-UCE scheduled to start …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Ugandans do not know how to use expressways, and dual carriageway, implying that it will take a lot for the country to rip the benefits of the huge investment in such infrastructure projects. Several motorists drive from points where they are not supposed to, causing …

Tehran, Iran | THE INDEPENDENT |   The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday held talks with the head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and Iranian foreign minister over the settlement of issues on Iran’s nuclear program, as Tehran has decided to stop the IAEA’s Additional …