Farmers in Arua Gain Value Addition Skills Under s Agri-SME Skills Development Programme  Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  To enable them explore trade opportunities across the region, more than 150 cassava farmers and SMEs involved in different stages of the value chain in Arua District have gone through …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has put in place interim measures aimed at strengthening capacity to fight crime collaboratively on an international scale with hopes of coming up with a law in future to deal with the same. The interim measures …

Kampala, Uganda | ORYEM NYEKO | Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the arrest of ant-corruption protesters in Kampala, and demanded they be released. On July 23 and 24, police in Uganda’s capital Kampala detained at least 60 people protesting widespread corruption in the government. “This latest crackdown on protesters …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party, Jimmy Akena has described the government’s payment system for the compensation program for the war debt claimants as a mockery to the people of Teso and northern Uganda. Akena made the comments while attending the …

The Paris 2024 Olympics will feature veteran athletes like Andy Murray, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and 70-year-old Mary Hanna, marking a significant farewell for some. PARIS | Xinhua |  British tennis star and two-time Olympic champion, Andy Murray, is to retire after Paris 2024, which highlights that the forthcoming festival of sport …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Principal Judge, Flavian Zeija, has called for stiffer laws and penalties for fraud offenses, especially for repeat offenders. Speaking at the Second Fraud Forum by the Uganda Bankers Association in Kampala, Justice Nzeija said fraudsters in Uganda found it easy to stay in …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua City was on high alert today as joint police and Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) soldiers deployed heavily to stop a planned demonstration by youth. The group of youths who referred to themselves as Gen-Z had planned to march to Arua city council …

Museveni Says Evidence Against Those Arrested Demonstrating Will Shock The Nation Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said he has evidence that will shock the nation against those who were arrested on Tuesday participating in the demonstrations and march to parliament.  More than 50 people were …

KIGALI | Xinhua | Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Thursday sacked Public Service and Labor Minister Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya over “matters of accountability under investigation,” just over a month after her appointment. A statement by Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente on behalf of President Kagame said Mujawamariya “has been dismissed from …

Uganda’s causes of disunity mainly spring from fears that public officials are cutting up the national cake among themselves. During the last 12 years, most people especially the top brass had been grabbers- Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, September 1979 COMMENT | ANDREW BESI  | On July 23, Ugandans marched to parliament in …