Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifteen people are confirmed dead following a fatal accident along the Kagadi-Fort Portal road. The incident took place around 9 pm on Sunday at Kyamutunzi village near River Muzizi in Muhorro town Council, Kagadi district. The accident involved a trailer registration number UAD …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Women from the Great Lakes region have held an inception meeting on ‘Women leading on peace and Justice ‘organised by ActionAid Australia and ActionAid International Uganda. The meeting held 9th to 12th July at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Kampala, was held to discuss …

✳ Rwanda 0 Uganda 1 (Uganda win 4-3 aggregate) Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Women’s National Team, the Crested Cranes secured a hard fought win over Rwanda to storm the second round of the 2024 Paris Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Qualifiers. Supported by many fans including Prime Minister Robinah …

COMMENT | JESSE NTALE | Online gaming is slowly but steadily taking root in Uganda and is breaking the stereotype that; all gaming is gambling. Online gaming commercial centers are subtly competing with, if not replacing internet cafes, especially for those who cannot afford to download their preferred games on …

Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement (NRM) councilors in Kamuli district local government have sacked their caucus chairperson, Chris Wabwire over what they claim is his newfound allegiance to the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP)-party. Wabwire is the Mbulamuti sub-county male councilor. Led by Maxwell Kuwembula, the …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A total of 300 SMEs in Masaka, Mbarara, and Fort Portal have received training in entrepreneurship and financial literacy from Absa Bank Uganda, in partnership with Enterprise Uganda. The training programme for western Uganda saw the SMEs get taken through modules such as …

Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo have handed the Lobito rail corridor rehabilitation to foreign private investors to spur exports of critical minerals required for clean energy and to boost intra-Africa trade. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Until the 1970s, the Lobito rail corridor was one of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda and individuals at family levels have been cautioned against borrowing for the sake of impressing others. The cautionary call has been sounded by seasoned Makerere University Professor of Economics, Augustus Nuwagaba amidst concern about the increasing public debate. “It is …

Los Angeles, US | Xinhua |  Hollywood’s largest union representing about 160,000 actors and workers in television and film announced a strike on Thursday, leading to the first industrywide shutdown of U.S. entertainment industry in more than six decades. The national board of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television …

Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shamim Bitariho, the suspected thief of the Kigezi diocesan vehicle was found with nine master keys that she used to break into and take off with the car, police says. Bitariho, a businesswoman resident of Namungona in Kampala was arrested by Rwampara police in …