Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  This Thursday, limited passenger services resume between Kampala and Namanve, following suspension last year to pave the way for the rehabilitation and upgrade of the existing line. The passenger services will feature departures from Namanve to Kampala at 6.40 and 7.45 am and evening departures …

Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | THE Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) has hailed government for fast tracking ammendments to various outdated laws to improve the veterinary sector and the One Health approach, in the country. Speaking as Uganda joined the rest of the world to celebrate the 24th Celebrations of …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rt. Rev. Lawrence Mukasa, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasana-Luwero, has strongly condemned the alleged murders of parents by their own children driven by greed for property. Bishop Mukasa expressed deep concern over the disturbing trend where children resort to killing their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Concerns regarding malpractices in the recruitment of enumerators are troubling the organizers of the upcoming Uganda National Population Census as it progresses into the materials distribution phase. The country’s 6th and inaugural digital census saw the dispatch of the first batch of tablets to …

LONDON | Xinhua |  Britain’s King Charles III will return to public-facing royal duties following the progress made in his cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said Friday. The King’s medical team “are very encouraged by the progress made so far and remain positive about the King’s continued recovery,” a Buckingham Palace …

ADDIS ABABA | Xinhua |  The number of people arriving in Ethiopia due to the conflict in Sudan has surpassed 122,000, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has disclosed. The UNOCHA, in its latest Ethiopia humanitarian situation update issued Friday, said about 122,500 returnees, refugees and …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Ernest Rubondo, the Executive Director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, has commended SLB (formerly known as Schlumberger) for its efforts in advancing women in Science and Technology. SLB is one of the firms that was contracted by TotalEnergies for drilling, completions, and production …

MOSCOW | Xinhua |  Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub completed their spacewalk tasks ahead of schedule, returning to the International Space Station (ISS) two hours earlier than planned, Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos said on Thursday. Roscosmos said that the spacewalk lasted a total duration of 4 hours …

  COMMENT | Nancy Isenberg | Facing criminal indictments in connection with a hush-money payment to an adult-film actress and his efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 US presidential election, Donald Trump claims that, as a former president, he enjoys blanket immunity from prosecution. The US Supreme Court …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The NRM Manifesto Implementation Unit has indicated that the party has so far fulfilled 35 percent of its 2021-26 commitments to Ugandans. The  Unit released its half-term internal performance review audit report for three financial years, 2021/22, 2022/23 and the running one 2023/24. According …