Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A new locally driven technology initiative is bringing hope to thousands of Ugandan students by addressing the country’s persistent digital divide between rural and urban learners. The “One Student, One Computer” program is equipping learners from low-income and remote communities with affordable laptops designed specifically …
Read More »Uganda Clays bets big on future as net losses gap widens
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Clays Limited (UCL), has posted a net loss of UGX 4.95 billion for 2024, deepening from UGX 2.85 billion in 2023. Despite this downturn, the company is placing a calculated bet on a 10-year strategic overhaul to stabilize its operations, modernizing its …
Read More »NRM Elections Tribunal releases cause list as petition hearings begin tomorrow
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Election Disputes Tribunal has released a cause list for the first batch of petitions arising from the party’s parliamentary primary elections, with 56 cases set for hearing on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. The hearings will take place simultaneously before eight panels …
Read More »New push for Uganda’s express penalty system
Controversy over delay to implement tech-driven traffic regulations enforcement system ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | A month after the government paused the Express Penalty System (EPS Auto) for review, road safety experts and activists are demanding its quicker-implementation. The road safety advocates are concerned that the EPS Auto system could easily …
Read More »Tour operators express mixed reactions about oil developments in Bunyoro
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tour operators expressed mixed reactions about the development of oil and gas in the Albertine Graben. The Albertine Graben has 10 out of the 22 protected areas (national parks and wildlife reserves) in Uganda which are tourism destinations in Uganda. The region is also …
Read More »Regional hospitals struggling to embrace e-referral system
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Regional Referral Hospitals are struggling to embrace the E-referral system, despite the Ministry of Health painting a magnificent picture of how they are transitioning regional referral hospitals from the paper-based system to a more efficient electronic system. Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, the Director of Public …
Read More »Local manufactures want government to ease product registration
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local manufacturers have asked the government to ease the registration of their locally manufactured products to allow them to compete on the international markets. The local manufacturers made the request during the official opening of the Buy Uganda Build Uganda (BUBU) first-ever western trade …
Read More »Police blocks thanksgiving organized by NUP aspirant
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kiira region on Sunday blocked a thanksgiving event organized in Jinja City by National Unity Platform-NUP member Suleiman Namwoza. Namwoza is currently aspiring for the NUP flag to contest for the Jinja South West parliamentary seat. She had organized the event at the …
Read More »Fire guts classrooms at Kakira High School
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire has gutted classrooms at Kakira High School. Kakira High School is one of the biggest government schools located in Kakira Town Council, in Jinja District. The fire was reportedly first sighted by students at 7:00am on Sunday, as huge flames were seen coming …
Read More »Fudrikali community set to benefit from agricultural boost
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Fudrikali, an impoverished village in Oluko, Ayivu East Division, Arua City, are set to benefit from renewed agricultural support efforts led by former minister Zoe Bakoko Bakoru. Fudrikali, located in a hard-to-reach area bordering Bileafe Sub-county in Terego District, is home to approximately …
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