Three journalists nursing Wounds as Police Battle NUP Supporters  Masaka, Uganda | URN & THE INDEPENDENT |  Hours after the Electoral Commission suspended political rallies in over a dozen districts including Masaka, Police has had running battles with National Unity Platform – NUP supporters in Kyabakuza in Masaka District on …

📌 Museveni was due to campaign in: Dec 29 – Wakiso Dec 30 – Kampala Jan 12 – Kampala 📌 Tumukunde was due to campaign in: Dec 29 – Masaka Jan 6 – Jinja Jan 8 – Busiro & Nansana, Kampala Jan 9 – Kawempe & Rubaga, Kampala Jan 9 …

  Equity Becomes the first bank in Eastern and Central Africa to achieve the trillion-shilling balance sheet milestone after migrating Banque Commercial Du Congo (BCDC) to Equity’s core banking platform Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  Equity Group has crossed the Ksh.1 trillion rubicon (UgSh33 trillion), becoming the first bank in …

  THE LAST WORD | ANDREW MWENDA |  And so it was that on the morning of December 24th, while going through Instagram, I saw a post on the wall of Lucy Bunyenyezi (Smize) announcing the death of her uncle Ezra Bunyenyezi. For a brief moment I lost my balance. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of Kampala Dioceses, Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has called upon Ugandans to embrace peace and stop engaging in practices that are likely to cause unrest in the country. Speaking at Lubaga Cathedral where he was the main celebrant of the Christmas …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 15 kilometers from Aduku, along Ikwera to Nambieso Sub County road, lies Ogwang-med-mac farm owned by Patrick Ogwang, a former office attendant, now model farmer. Ogwang, who in the past worked as an office attendant in the office of the LC3 Chairman of …

COMMENT | Crispin Kaheru | We remain worried and averse towards the arrest of human rights lawyer and activist, Nicholas Opiyo. From the timing, Opiyo’s arrest can easily be interpreted as part of a trend aimed at sending a chilling effect to democratic efforts in Uganda. It comes off as …

  Behind the attacks on NGO Forum, UWONET Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The government on Dec.11 unexpectedly froze bank accounts and clamped down on the activities of two prominent local civil society organisations—the Uganda NGO Forum and the Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET). A day earlier, Sydney Asubo, the …

I was told that, “nurses are busy people, they are always rushing to save lives and we thought this special attention would help save them some time that would otherwise be spent in the long lines.” COMMENT | Judith Hope Kiconco | I was at a supermarket recently for last minute …

📌Arrives 🇺🇬 10.30am #Airbus #A330neo 💰unbeatable economics 🌍excellent range versatility 💺superior comfort Toulouse, France | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | A new Uganda Airlines plane, an Airbus A330neo, has just taken off on an 11-hour journey from Southern France, heading to Entebbe Airport. The A330neo is the latest version of the most …