Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has on Friday in an unprecedented manner passed the 2019/2020 budget totalling 40.48 trillion Shillings without debate on the budget committee report. The report was presented on Thursday afternoon by the committee Chairperson Amos Lugoloobi as well as a minority report by Butambala …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Police Constable Richard Olony has apologised to court for telling lies in the trial of Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake. Zaake is accused of escaping from lawful custody at Arua Hospital on 13th August 2018 after he was taken to the hospital by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council of Sports (NCS) needs an annual budget of shillings 196 billion to fund all the 48 associations effectively and run its own activities in 2019/2020 financial year. Dr. Bernard Patrick Ogwel,  the NCS Acting General Secretary says that the ideal annual …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has tasked the government to put in place a Petroleum Investment framework to guide the investment of funds from the Petroleum Revenue Investment Reserve. The decision followed a report indicating that the Petroleum Fund was not growing because funds therein were used to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed UN Ebola Response Emergency Coordinator David Gressly has declared that there is ‘no time to waste’ as the worst ever Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo enters its tenth month. The Declaration came with new measures to strengthen the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members on the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee on Local Governments have unearthed corruption tendencies in the management of road funds. In 2010, through an Act of Parliament, government established the Uganda Road Fund-URF to operate as a Second Generation fund to cater for routine …

Studies have shown that loneliness is linked with depression and anxiety | TIM NEWMAN | A new study has concluded that living alone is linked to common mental disorders. The authors have also identified the main driver of this worrying relationship. Some common mental disorders (CMDs) include mood disorders, anxiety, …

Paris, France | AFP | Could Kylian Mbappe really be about to play his final game for Paris Saint-Germain? And how are the French champions’ main domestic rivals shaping up for what looks set to be a summer of transition? AFP Sport looks at the main talking points in France ahead …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | The Premier League has welcomed Raheem Sterling’s offer to help in the fight against racism after the Manchester City star called on the sport’s authorities to do more to tackle the problem. Sterling told the Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival in New York …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The budget allocation for the agriculture sector will in the next financial year pass the 1 trillion Shillings mark for the first time in what officials say will cater for research, fertilizers and coffee strategy. The allocation to the sector will grow by 300 billion …