Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police have identified the two people who died in the Wednesday fire that gutted the Sunrise Hotel Building in Kampala. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango, has identified the victims as Akot Akol Arop Chan, a South Sudan National and Shineni Mwinsadi, a …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Angry residents have set ablaze a section of Jozan Nursery and Primary School in protest against the failure to physically produce suspects in court. The suspects were arrested in connection to the death of a pupil, Joan Faith Apio. Apio, 5, was only two …

But Afrobarometer finds issues they want fixed COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The first poll linked to the 2025-26 election year is out.  On Feb.26, Afrobarometer, the Pan-African non-profit and non-partisan survey research network that provides reliable data on Africans’ experiences and evaluations of democracy, governance, and quality of life, …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kenya High Commissioner to Uganda Joash Maangi has apologized to the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Muhoozi Kainerugaba for last week’s publication of an article in a Kenyan newspaper, The Standard, which was disrespectful toward him. The story last week titled “Four-star brat: Why Muhoozi, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Weather experts say rains are scheduled for next week, but they fear there could be a delay to the end of month because of the influence of a tropical cyclone currently present over the southern Indian Ocean that is affecting Uganda. “This cyclone is pulling …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament has approved a proposal to borrow $18.09 million (Shs66 billion) as additional financing for the expansion of the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI). The government argues that this investment would save Ugandans from spending over 1.094 trillion Shillings annually on seeking cancer treatment abroad, particularly …

Dar es Salaam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While government has decided that expected oil and gas revenues will be reserved in a Petroleum Fund for infrastructure development, experts from across Africa have urged extra caution. The Petroleum Fund was part of the outcome of a benchmarking exercise in Norway at the …

Kanyuka argues that the M23 fighters did not raid but conducted a peaceful operation against 130 Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) soldiers who were hiding in hospitals.   Goma, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | The March 23 Movement (M23) have dismissed accusations against them of raiding hospitals in …

JUBA | Xinhua | Diplomats from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, on Wednesday expressed deep concern about the ongoing armed violence in Nasir County in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State. The IGAD envoys from Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda, who are based …

Sironko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Samuel Nanoka, the Sironko District National Unity Platform (NUP) chairperson and former Budadiri East constituency NUP flag bearer, who was reportedly kidnapped, has been found and dumped in Mbale City. Nanoka was allegedly abducted by unidentified people on Monday night in Nkoma while returning …