People die as they promise and don’t deliver Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI HABATI | Kampala City Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago is once again battling to ensure boda-boda remain in the capital. This after an orchestrated move in January saw Parliament order the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to decongest the …
Read More »Transport Ministry asks for sh21billion for road safety campaign
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport is seeking sh21.5 billion to implement road safety programs and activities. In May, the Government launched the National Road Safety Action Plan, a decade-long plan after it failed to achieve the 2011-2020 UN Decade of Action for Road …
Read More »Cheptegei has eyes on 2nd gold in Eugene
🔴 SUNDAY 🇺🇬 ✳ 5,000m final 4.05am | Joshua Cheptegei & Oscar Chelimo Eugene, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Ugandan ace Joshua Cheptegei will tonight have to be at his best to brush off a host of contenders vying for the last long distance medal of the Oregon World Athletics …
Read More »MAO: DP has invested in peaceful presidential transition
NEWS ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | The newly appointed Minister of Justice and Democratic Party (DP) President Norbert Mao has defended his decision to sign a cooperation agreement with the ruling National Resistance Movement – NRM Government, describing it as a strategic investment. The agreement between the parties aims to …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Africa must support local entrepreneurs to develop
Arusha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said Africa must emphasize and support an indigenous entrepreneurial class, national capitalists who can help build economically develop countries. Museveni was speaking shortly after a ceremony in which heads of state of the East African Community commissioned the 42.4-kilometer …
Read More »Nodding disease care center seeks Sh2.1 billion
Kitgum , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop John Baptist Odama Care Center for children suffering from nodding syndrome is seeking 2.1 billion Shillings. The idea of establishing the center was conceived in 2021, after the care center in Odek sub-county in Omoro district closed. The center located at …
Read More »Experts warn Uganda, EAC to go slow on Digital Services Tax
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have cautioned Uganda and other East African countries to go slow on the implementation of taxation of digital services. This comes as the countries prepare to join 133 others around the world to implement the Digital Services Tax (DTS) in line with the …
Read More »Uganda’s fictitious disagreements
How our political elites waste so much time indulging in misguided debates about our development THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | President Yoweri Museveni and his critics have been locked in a debate on when or whether Uganda will achieve the much hyped “middle income” status. There …
Read More »Museveni, Mao deal and politics of 2026
Their pact shifts national politics in ways unseen Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | “A year ago I was offered a position in the government but I took time off to consult,” Nobert Mao said while appearing on the NBS TV political talk show Frontline the day he was appointed …
Read More »EAC to set up mega irrigation project at Tororo border
✳ Supply potable water to 20,000 people ✳ Irrigate 3,300 hectares ✳ 1.75 megawatts hydro power dam Arusha, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has handed over leadership of the East African Community to Burundi’s Évariste Ndayishimiye at the 22nd Ordinary Summit of Heads of State at the EAC …
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