Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Water and Environment has banned the issuance of all documents facilitating the commercial production, trade, and movement of charcoal and other forest products in Gulu district. The directive issued by the State Minister for Environment, Beatrice Atim Anywar stems from the growing illegal …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Budget Committee has rejected a request of Shs1.4 billion from the East African Community Affairs (EAC) Committee meant for sensitisation and public awareness by the Ministry of East African Community Affairs in the 2023/2024 financial year. This was during a meeting in which the EAC …

Warsaw, Poland | Xinhua | The European Parliament (EP) should stop criticizing Poland for alleged rule-of-law problems when it has been unable to stop corruption in its own ranks, Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday. According to the Polish Press Agency (PAP), Duda made the comment at the World Economic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has directed the Ministry of Education and Sports to present a statutory instrument to regulate school fees increments. Speaker Anita Among communicated this directive during the plenary sitting on Tuesday, 17 January 2023. Her directive comes amidst a tough economic situation with many school proprietors …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a fresh outbreak of the highly contagious Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD in Luwero district. The disease has been reported in livestock farms in Kikyusa and Kamira sub-counties where it has spread to five farms within two weeks. As result, Timothy Kasule, the Luwero District …

Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Kyenjojo district have asked the government to intensify sensitization of macadamia and hass avocado growing across the country. Hass avocado is a commercially popular and nutritious fruit and one of the 19 crops that the Ministry of Agriculture is promoting under the Agricultural value …

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the country’s oil production increased by 2 percent over the past year despite Western sanctions, according to the Kremlin. “I would especially like to talk about the oil and gas sector. Despite the previously mentioned sanctions pressure, oil production …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City businessman, Denis Buchanan is out on bail. He was released by the Makindye-based Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF General Court Martial Chairperson, Robert Mugabe Freeman on Tuesday after satisfying the bail conditions. Buchanan was arrested on October 22nd, 2022 together with John Bosco Nyundo, Godfrey …

Children from the poorest households benefit the least from national public education funding United Nations | Xinhua | Only 16 percent of public education funding goes to the poorest 20 percent of learners, while 28 percent goes to the richest 20 percent, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan police and military have heightened security at the common border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following a deadly explosion Sunday, a police spokesperson has said. Measures have been put in place to avert hostile infiltrations and attacks at the common border …