Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want the Shillings 1.4 trillion loan guarantee to Finasi/ROKO for the construction of the International Specialized Hospital of Uganda recalled because of the breakdown of the entity in charge of the facility.  In May this year, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca …

Paris, France | AFP | Paris Saint-Germain’s latest recruit Ander Herrera said on Sunday that if he had to leave Manchester United one of the only places he could go was “one of the most beautiful cities in the world”. The 29-year-old midfielder, who signed a five-year contract with PSG …

Cairo, Egypt | AFP | Egypt star Mohamed Salah said the team would try to learn from their mistakes after the Africa Cup of Nations hosts suffered an embarrassing last-16 exit. The Pharaohs were billed as chief title contenders on home soil, having won three of four previous editions as hosts, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kabalagala police are holding a man accused of duping several people using forged documents.  The Deputy Police Spokesperson, Polly Namaye identifies the suspect as Paul Ssekiziyivu. Namaye explains that Ssekiziyivu was picked up over the weekend following numerous complaints by his victims. “The suspect operates …

Paris, France | AFP | It was the biggest piece of supposed fake news before the term “fake news” was even invented. Millions of people across the world still believe that no one has ever walked on the Moon, and that the images that NASA broadcast in July 1969 were shot …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has contracted Ernst and Young, an audit firm to conduct fresh verification of Ugandan traders who supplied goods and services to South Sudan. In May, Parliament approved up to 900 billion shillings to pay traders who supplied war-torn South Sudan between 2008 and 2013. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 1034 police officers are on the verge of losing their gratuity because of failure to validate their personal records. The Deputy Police Spokesperson, Polly Namaye, says the affected police officers haven’t responded to the ongoing validation exercise. She says all officers who retired …

The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | International Criminal Court judges on Monday convicted a  Congolese rebel chief nicknamed “Terminator” of war crimes including massacring civilians and sexual enslavement, in a badly-needed victory for prosecutors in The Hague. Bosco Ntaganda forces carried out horrific attacks including one in a banana field that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Henry Kamugisha operates a pork joint in Kikoni Makerere, a Kampala suburb. Kamugisha joint sells fried and roasted pork. He reuses the oil generated from the pork for a month and only keeps reducing it as it increases. According to Kamugisha, because the oil …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A researcher at the School of Biomedical Sciences at the Makerere University College of Health Science has embarked on a study to assess whether there are antiretroviral (ARV) drug residues in pigs slaughtered in selected abattoirs in the country. Dr. Ritah Nakato told URN that …