OPINION | Francis Lutalo | Access to financial services, has increased in recent years thanks to the eruption of mobile money. Between its introduction in 2011 to date, more than 10 million accounts have been created far outstripping the banking sector’s numbers. As a result, according to a survey by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces have secured 50 billion Shillings for the construction of accommodation facilities for soldiers. The Commander of Fourth Division Barracks Brigadier General Felix Busizoori noted that the fund was secured through the Ministry of Defense to improve the welfare of soldiers …

GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fourth Infantry Division Court Martial has sentenced a Uganda People’s Defence Forces to 52 years in jail for failure to protect war materials. Private Owen Okumu 27 was convicted by the court which sat at the Fourth Infantry Division Headquarters in Gulu City between …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s tourism sector has been boosted by the passing out of 45 Professional Conference Organizers (PCOs), also known as Professional Event Organizers (PEOs). The organizers have undergone intense bespoke training over the last 12 weeks to enhance their skills in preparing Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and …

Kyankwanzi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Center for Health, Human Rights, and Development (CEHURD), and Simon Peter Kasumba, have filed a lawsuit against the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) for its prolonged failure to address a case involving alleged negligence by Kiboga Hospital. CEHURD together with Kasumba Simon Peter filed a …

NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Kenya’s security forces killed a terrorist and recovered a cache of weapons during an operation carried out in Garissa County, near the border with Somalia, on Saturday. The Counter-Terrorism Policing unit said its elite Special Operations Group (SOG) conducted an intelligence-driven operation in the Najo …

PORT SUDAN | Xinhua | The Sudanese government on Saturday announced that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) recaptured Singa, the capital city of Sinnar State in central Sudan, which had been controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). “Today (Saturday), Singa city has returned to the homeland … The …

BEIRUT, LEBANON | Xinhua | At least 20 people were killed and 66 others injured on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the Lebanese capital Beirut, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health reported. The air raid at dawn targeted the eight-story building in the Basta Fawka neighborhood, …

JERUSALEM, Israeli | Xinhua | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal team has requested a 15-day postponement for the start of his testimony in his ongoing criminal trial, Israeli media reported on Sunday. The team argued that despite its best efforts, it will not be ready by the scheduled date …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | Two people have been arrested in connection to the death of the acting Health Officer for Arua District Paul Bishop Drileba. The suspects whose names have not been divulged for security reasons were picked up on Saturday night by a team of security officials led …