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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Uganda’s economy has transformed to a level where the country will be self-sufficient and achieve sustainable economic growth and job creation. He was speaking during the 58th Independence Day celebrations held at State …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Bobi Wine warned: Fights in NUP threaten opposition chances THE LAST WORD The book you must read this year: A peep into a powerful treatise that people in the free market movement need …

  Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Internal Security Organization- ISO director, Frank Kaka Bagyenda, has been sacked. A source at ISO  who preferred anonymity said they have  been notified that Kaka is no longer ISO director. “You know it’s the minister of security supposed to speak to you …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  FDC chairman Waswa Birigwa has stepped down for the race to pick the party’s Presidential flag bearer, leaving Patrick Oboi Amuriat unopposed. The FDC Party Electoral Commission Chairperson Boniface Toterebuka Bamwenda confirmed  Wasswa Birigwa’s last minute withdrawal from the race. Amuriat will now be …

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UPDATE 🔺 6th October – new COVID-19 cases 117 🔺 Total confirmed cases 9,082. 🔹 Total Deaths: 84 🔸Total Recoveries: 5,457 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has today announced 117 new COVID-19 cases in Uganda. This brings the cumulative number of reported cases in the country to 9,082. The …

Students, teachers return with post-COVID lockdown problems Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Schools are scheduled to re-open on Oct. 15, for some 1.2 million learners who are in their final year of their respective levels of formal education. But as school administrators and parents continue mulling over how to …

Total Chairman and Chief Executive Officer says ‘Africa is to remain at the Heart of Total’s Strategy’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total, Patrick Pouyanné, has said “Africa is to remain at the Heart of Total’s Strategy.” He was speaking ahead of …

How to keep old comrades secure in changing NRM Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Whether President Yoweri Museveni accepts it or not the next generation is gaining traction within his party; the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM). The bad news, according to analysts, is that the evolution in …

Why it’s important for the army or the government to tell the story of its transformation THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Next year, the Uganda Peoples’ Defense Forces (UPDF) will mark three major milestone dates. It will be exactly 50 years (Golden Jubilee) since its formation under …