Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) has announced that the National Variety Release Committee has officially approved a new soybean variety developed by the university’s Centre for Soybean Improvement and Development.The newly approved variety, n
Members of the South African Police Service have nabbed two more suspects linked to the murder of an e-hailing driver last Wednesday.The two male suspects, aged 30 and 26, will join the third suspect, a 25-year-old woman, in court.She was arrested on Friday.All suspects are e
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipal Council has agreed to cover open drainage channels along sections of the Nasuti–Nakabago–Ntawo and Bajo–Seeta roads, following sustained safety concerns from residents, traders, and road users.Town Clerk Francis Byabagambi said the
Aged 48-years, Charlotte Komugisha, a tik tok queen in Kampala has had her cohabitation relationship with Jim with whom she has three children (aged 19, 14 & 12 years) irretrievably become broken. One of her close friends says that the two lived together since 2007 in Kabowa from where they l
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In Arusha, Tanzania, Lubega John Nsamba represented her ailing father, John Mary Nsamba, whose land along the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) had been acquired without what the family considered fair compensation.Over a month after his burial nea
POLICE have recorded a road traffic accident in which a police officer died while musician sustained serious injuries.The accident occurred yesterday, February 14, 2026, around 16:40 hours in the Machinga area, about 12 kilometres south of Monze town.According to preliminary investi
Former Speaker of Parliament, 1st Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for East African affairs and Kamuli women member of parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has destroyed fellow Minister Babirye Milly Babalanda in an explosive interview broadcasted across all radio stations in Busoga.It all st
Karuhanga is, among others, a founding partner of one of Uganda’s foremost law firms and chair of bodies such as the Uganda Chamber of Mines & Petroleum and the Private Sector Foundation Uganda, Ugandan lawyer and business figure Elly Karuhanga, recognised as one of the country’s m
KIRUHURA, Uganda — Eight people have died in a tragic road crash along the Mbarara–Lyantonde Highway in Kiruhura District, police have confirmed.According to police in Rwizi Region, the fatal accident occurred at around 6:30pm on Friday at Kibega I Village. The crash involved a white
Uganda is gripped by shock, disbelief, and heated debate after controversial city lawyer Shamil Atabua made explosive claims linking his ancestral spirits to the death of former appellate judge Kenneth Kakuru.Speaking during a public engagement at the Uganda Law Society (ULS) in Kololo on
