NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has escaped a 2.3 Billion Dollar suit filed by the Rift Valley Railways consortium over the contract termination in 2017.‎ ‎This is after a London-based international arbitration tribunal issued a Final Award dated 22nd July 2025, dismissing all claims brought against Uganda by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Banking practitioners in Uganda will soon be required to have a professional practicing license as the industry climbs up the professionalism ladder. This will be following in the footsteps of the legal, engineering, accountancy and medical industries whose professional standards are, by law, governed …

Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Contestants in the National Resistance Movement-NRM primaries for Sembabule district positions are demanding a special audit of the results of the party polls, citing suspicious figures. Deborah Arayo, the NRM district Election Commission Return Officer, declared the party flag bearers for the district Chairperson …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Incumbent candidates who contested for the mayoral NRM primaries in Moroto and Kotido municipalities have retained their NRM party flag. Mohammed Ismail, the Mayor for Moroto municipality, secured the party flag with 1357 votes, beating his rivals Mark Sire, who garnered 1067 votes, Noah …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has launched the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Kampala where he has revealed East  Africa’s readiness to co host the Continental Tournament. This is going go to be a milestone in East Africa’s joint efforts to host the championship, …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In Uganda’s rapidly growing communities such as Mukono, access to safe and reliable sanitation remains one of the most pressing challenges. Yet for residents like Patrick Odutu and Pius Odongo, this challenge became an opportunity to transform their homes and improve their communities, thanks …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Elections Disputes Tribunal, John Musiime, has said that they have received 381 petitions from across the country following the party’s parliamentary primary elections. He revealed this during a press briefing held on Friday at Kyadondo Road. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division in Kampala has issued an interim order stopping the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) from holding its Delegates Conference, which had been scheduled for Saturday. The order was issued on Friday by Lady Justice Joyce Kavuma, following an urgent application …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has announced plans to establish Performance Assessment Teams to evaluate the performance of Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) and Town Clerks across the country. According to Jane Kyarisiima Mwesiga, the Deputy Head of Public Service in charge of Performance and Service Delivery in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Brig Gen Alex Olupot Opolot, the Commandant of the National Defence College – Uganda (NDC-U), has warned that when commanders of the different security agencies do not work collectively, it risks the national security. Gen. Opolot, who delivered a lecture to police commanders undertaking …