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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gabriel Amani Beau is the champion of the first leg of the 2025 NCBK Golf Series that officially teed off in Uganda at the weekend. Playing off handicap 32, the teenager carded a massive 47 points to win the day and earn a full paid for …

Kwania, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kwania District, Northern Uganda, have briefly detained five parents for failing to take their children to school. They were arrested on Monday during an operation led by Alan Aboce, Akali Sub-County Chief. Daniel Okullo, Susan Alaba, and Bosco Dunge, all residents of …

  Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two men accused of killing a coffee farmer in Rukiga District and smuggling parts of his dismembered body into Rwanda have been charged with murder and remanded to prison. The deceased, identified as Milton Bagambira alias Obote, aged 62, was a resident of Nyakisa …

Olanya, Aol Accuse President Museveni of Double Standards in Eviction of Migrant Cattle Keepers Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gilbert Olanya, the Kilak South Member of Parliament, has accused President Yoweri Museveni of exhibiting double standards in handling the eviction from Northern Uganda of migrant cattle keepers, commonly known as Balaalo. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Findings of a new study by researchers at Makerere University School of Public Health shows high levels of vaccine wastage in both rural and urban health facilities in Uganda. The research was conducted in Mukono and Kalungu districts where the scientists assessed wastage rates …

The Ministry of Lands has also launched an online platform and mobile app where tenants can check the status of their certificates of occupancy alongside details of the registered landowner. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba has announced the launch of a centralized collection of nominal …

    Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Canadian-based Ugandan rapper and community activist Lanie Banks has hailed the Mbale SSS Parents Teachers Association (PTA) and the Ministry of Education for honoring his uncle’s legacy and memory by constructing the Canon Andrew Nyote Memorial block building at the school. He called on …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Busoga East are hunting for a man only identified as Musa over the killing of his friend, Gerald Kibira, in a bar brawl. It is reported that the two were both last seen alive enjoying themselves at Camp David Bar and Lounge, located …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has assented to the controversial Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) Act, 2025, which grants military courts the power to try civilians. In May this year, Members of Parliament from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), leveraging their numerical strength, passed the UPDF (Amendment) …

Reach A Hand Uses Expressive Arts to Break Menstrual Health Stigma in Schools Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Reach A Hand Uganda, through its “Undo The Taboo” and “GN Trybe” initiatives, brought together over 1,000 students from more than 20 schools across the country to highlight the effectiveness of edutainment …