Pretoria, South Africa | Xinhua | The Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2022 opened Wednesday at Air Force Base Waterkloof in Pretoria, South Africa. The AAD, an aerospace and defense expo, will run until Sunday, with the first three days being trade days and the last two being air show days. …
Read More »Security guard brutally murdered in Kireka
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unidentified assailants have killed Bernard Nalulu, a guard from SEK security services limited in Kireka, Kira municipality in Wakiso district. Residents found Nalulu’s body outside the perimeter wall of Hajji Medie Ssebunya, a resident of Kamuli-C zone in Kireka town on Thursday morning. Some of the …
Read More »Environmentalists want conservation campaigns integrated in education curriculum
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Environmental activists are demanding for direct integration of nature conservation campaigns into the school’s education curriculum to mitigate climate change effects. Reverend Father James Ssendege, the Board Chairperson for Masaka Recycling Initiative-MRI; a local volunteers association that promotes proper disposal and management of plastic waste says …
Read More »African conservationists say bushmeat trade fueling zoonotic diseases
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Illegal trade in bushmeat, meat from wildlife species that are hunted for human consumption, most often referring to the meat of game in Africa, due to lax policing, poverty, and soaring demand for protein is to blame for the regular outbreak of zoonotic diseases in Africa, …
Read More »Casual workers considered in new Employment Bill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2022 that seeks to among others regulate the employment of casual workers, has been re-tabled for First Reading. The bill was tabled by Margaret Rwabushaija during plenary sitting on Wednesday, 21 September 2022. According to the bill, the current Employment Act only …
Read More »Kenya steps up vigilance to prevent Ebola transmission
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s Ministry of Health said Wednesday that it had intensified surveillance to prevent transmission of the Ebola virus after cases were reported in neighboring Uganda. Mutahi Kagwe, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Health, said at a briefing in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, that critical personnel …
Read More »Woman in Mukono detained over child sacrifice
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Esther Nankya, 29, a resident of Kikubankima in Mukono municipality is in police custody on allegations of killing her two children in suspected human rituals. The deceased children are Shaban Kamoga, 6 years and Ramathan Lubega, 3 years. It is alleged that the minor’s father …
Read More »Hailstorm destroys crop gardens in Bushenyi
Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of four villages in Central division, Isahaka-Bushenyi municipality are counting losses following a hailstorm that destroyed their crop gardens. The affected villages are Nyarwanya cell, Kayozo, Kikuba, and Matsya. The hailstorm which hit the district on Wednesday destroyed gardens of maize, sweet potatoes, beans, …
Read More »UN chief urges full funds for hunger relief operations in Horn of Africa
United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for total funding of all aid operations in the Horn of Africa as hunger is overwhelming the region due to drought. In a video message to a side event of the General Assembly General Debate on urgent humanitarian needs …
Read More »Lightning strikes one dead in Buliisa
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A thunderbolt has claimed the life of a 25-year-old man in Buliisa. The deceased has been identified as Francis Businge, a resident of Tangala village, Bubwe parish in Biiso sub-county. He was killed around 3am on Thursday. Businge was sleeping inside his grass thatched house …
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