Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bonita Murungi Arinaitwe a Climate Change Advocate and student at Nabisunsa Girl’s Secondary School, has appealed to the Minister of Water and Environment to enact a law which compels people who cut down trees to buy seedlings double the number of trees cut.  …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Founder of Youth Go Green and Uganda’s youth delegate to United Nations has urged government and development partners to put the youth at the forefront of interventions to ensure water and food security. He was participating in a high-level panel discussion about the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police at weekend raided shops selling reported stolen motorcycle spare parts in Katwe. The operation conducted on Saturday was led by the Divisional Police Commander Frantile Rwamusayi. It followed an intelligence report pinning a number of spare parts dealers operating in White Nile Zone, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Internal Affairs, Gen Jeje Odong has directed police to deport 14 Egyptian Nationals accused of forging working visas. The 14 suspects include; Moamen Mohammad Hamond, Taher Mahamed, Ahmed Mahmoud, Kotb Mohammed, Abdallah Ehsayed, Mahamed Waled, Moustafa Abdelhamed, Taha Mahamed Farahat, Gamal …

Tokyo, Japan | AFP | For breast cancer survivors, the risk of tumours returning casts a long shadow, with recurrence possible up to two decades after a diagnosis. But new research could help identify and treat those most in danger. Doctors have traditionally relied on factors such as the size …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The girl child aged 13 to 18 years have been challenged to embrace the savings culture. This was during the launch of a campaign dubbed #365Saving organized by a group Women4Her in collaboration with Centenary Bank several other stakeholders. The campaign’s main goal …

Washington, United States | AFP |  A new drug cocktail reduces the length of treatment for multi drug-resistant tuberculosis from nearly two years to nine to 11 months with a similar effectiveness, according to a large clinical trial whose results were published in a US journal Wednesday. Nearly 600,000 people …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenyan comedy star, Eric Omondi and Ugandan singers plus a host of top comedians are lined up to perform as the weekly comedy show ‘Comedy Store’ embarks on a country tour this week. The show which is held weekly at the Uganda Manufacturers Association …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 600 residents of Banda a Kampala suburb received free medical treatment and services for different health challenges courtesy of the International Medical Foundation (IMF), a charity organization under the International Medical Group. The all-day fair conducted in partnership with Apar Foundation, Uganda Sickle …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is today expected to officially commission the Uganda Water and Environment Week (UWEWK) organized by the Ministry of Water and Environment. The second edition of the Uganda Water and Environment Week (UWEWK ) has started, with the theme: Water and Environment …