Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Judicial Officers Association (UJOA) has petitioned Principal Judge Flavian Zeija, demanding an urgent meeting over the expulsion of Justice Farida Bukirwa from High Court duty. Justice Bukirwa was among the 16 justices who were appointed in acting capacity by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni …
Read More »Acholi elders seek meeting with Museveni after owning up to mistakes
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of elders in the Acholi Sub-region are seeking to meet President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over his recent statements acknowledging the mistakes of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) led government in the region. Early this month, the President while presiding over a crusade organized …
Read More »Road carnage: Speaker’s crisis meeting yields results
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Works and Transport will table regulations operationalising the Traffic and Road Safety Act, 2019 by August 13, 2023. This was agreed in a crisis meeting convened by Speaker Anita Among on Thursday, 13 July 2023 to address increasing road accidents. “Whereas …
Read More »President Museveni holds a consultative meeting with UN Resident Coordinator in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on June 27th held a consultative meeting with the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Uganda, Susan Ngongi Namondo who called on him at State House- Entebbe. Namondo was accompanied by a delegation that included the UNICEF Representative Munir Safieldin, the …
Read More »Experts meet over Africa’s water resources
Kampala meeting of 19 river basin organisations tells governments to ‘share and not be greedy’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The popular narrative around the African continent is that fresh water resources such as those of the Nile, Congo in central Africa, or Zambezi in southern Africa are fast declining …
Read More »US, Russian defense chiefs hold first phone conversation since start of Ukraine conflict
Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu spoke over the phone on Friday, marking the first call between the two since Russia launched the special military operation in Ukraine. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a brief statement following the …
Read More »Biden to host Merkel in mid-July
Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. President Joe Biden will host German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House on July 15, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Friday. “Chancellor Merkel’s visit will affirm the deep bilateral ties between the United States and Germany,” Psaki said in a statement. “The …
Read More »UN: 1 million of Earth’s 8 million species face extinction
UN biodiversity meet wraps up, report due Monday Paris, France | AFP | Diplomats and scientists from 132 nations wrapped up six days of negotiations in Paris Saturday over the wording of a landmark report on the dire state of Nature and its impact on humanity, a UN official told …
Read More »Kadaga honored for defeating LGBT agenda at IPU meeting
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have paid tribute to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, over what they termed as, “consistently upholding and protecting Uganda’s cultural values.” Legislators meeting at the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva from 14 to 18 October, 2018 voted to ban debate …
Read More »S.Africa’s ANC to meet Monday as Zuma deadlock tightens
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | The top decision-making body of South Africa’s ruling ANC will meet on Monday following days of talks over President Jacob Zuma’s expected departure from office, a party spokeswoman said Sunday. “An NEC (national executive committee) meeting is scheduled for tomorrow in Pretoria,” ANC spokeswoman …
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