Tehran, Iran | THE INDEPENDENT |  Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that the “main agreement” to revive the 2015 nuclear deal has already been reached in the Vienna talks, and Iran’s counterparts have agreed on the need to lift “all main sanctions.” “The other parties … agree that …

Kairyandongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The government is yet to compensate 300 persons affected by the Karuma power Dam construction. More than 300 people have not been compensated for resettlement six years ago after they were evicted to pave way for the construction of the dam. The power station of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament has concluded the administration of oath for Members of Parliament.   The Eleventh parliament will have the highest number of legislators who have increased from 426 MPs in the Tenth Parliament to 529. During the four day exercise, each MP took the Oath of Allegiance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  General Kahinda Otafiire, the member of Parliament for Ruhinda County who bounced back in the 11th Parliament after suffering defeat in the 10th Parliament has taken oath.   Otafiire who emerged victorious in the newly created constituency says that he will use his experience for the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda People Defence Forces –UPDF has reportedly concluded investigations into the shooting and killing of Star FM journalist Robert Kagolo. Kagolo, who was also the former president of Uganda Journalists’ Association –UJA, was shot dead last month. A UPDF officer says that investigations pin …

Helsinki, Finland | THE INDEPENDENT |  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met here for the first time on Wednesday, expressing willingness to cooperate but also admitted “serious differences” amid the two countries’ tense relations. Meeting with his counterpart on the sidelines of an …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Gulu Grade One Magistrate, Christine Turibamwe has dropped the assault case against former Aruu County Member of Parliament Samuel Odonga Otto. On March 30th, 2021, Geoffrey Okot, a journalist with Choice FM in Gulu dragged the Odonga to court on charges of assault and causing …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  As the long-awaited Host Government Agreement (HGA) was being signed between Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu  and TOTAL in Dar es Salaam today, the French oil company commenced work on its Tilenga Industrial Area in Kasenyi, Buliisa District. It is here that TOTAL will build its …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The councillor representing the Elderly in Division A Entebbe Municipality took her oath inside a car due to injuries she sustained in an accident.  74-year-old Nalongo Joyce Kanakulya, a retired nursery teacher, was knocked by a Boda Boda cyclist on Saturday along the Katabi-Kanonakali road.  She …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kamuli Woman MP Rebecca Kadaga will have to convince the Central Executive Committee of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party to consider her as a candidate if she is to bounce back as the speaker of the 11th parliament. But according to interviews with a number …