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04 Mar '26
A Value for Money audit has detonated a political and administrative bombshell at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, exposing deep cracks in Uganda’s land administration system despite years of digitalisation and decentralisation reforms.At the centre of the storm is t
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04 Mar '26
Bobi Wine, his international lawyer Robert Amsterdam, and Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Courtesy PhotosUgandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s international lawyer Robert Amsterdam and his law firm, Amsterdam & Partners LLP, have filed applications on
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04 Mar '26
Mbale City, Uganda — A heated exchange has emerged between Bungokho South MP Muhamud Masaba Mutenyo and Manjiya County MP John Baptist Nambeshe over alleged remarks concerning the Bugisu Cultural Institution.While appearing on a weekend talk show on Open Gate Radio (OPG) in Mbale City, H
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04 Mar '26
Since losing his Mbarara MP seat in 2016, Dr. Medard Bitekyerezo never bothered seeking reelection. This was so because he began doing very well as soon as he became the chairman for Uganda national drug authority in 2017.Former speaker of Uganda national assembly Rebecca Kadaga helped him
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04 Mar '26
British national Samuel Leeds has spent £150,000 (about Shs743 million) to charter a private jet from Dubai to the United Kingdom amid rising tensions in the Middle East.Leeds, who is married to a Zimbabwean, became known in Uganda in 2024 when he donated a hospital ward worth about Shs1
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04 Mar '26
Eleven years at the helm. Billions borrowed. Mega dams commissioned with pomp and glory. Yet today, hard questions are exploding over the management of Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited as the December 2025 Auditor General’s report exposes troubling cracks in Uganda’s power genera
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03 Mar '26
Former Mbarara MP Medard Bitekyerezo has refused to accept the fact that his tenure as Uganda national drug authority NDA chairman ended on 20th February when his contract expired, along with that of the other 19 members of the board.He has for instance continued holding on to the NDA vehi
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03 Mar '26
Police in Kampala Metropolitan Area have arrested two suspects who were found armed with a panga near Total petrol station in Kabuusu on the night of 26th February 2026. The arrest followed a timely alert from a private security officer who noticed suspicious movement around the petrol station an
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03 Mar '26
UDB Managing Director Patricia Ojangole addresses stakeholdersKAMPALA — The Uganda Development Bank has secured a 40 million euro credit line, approximately 169 billion shillings, from the French Development Agency to expand financing for enterprises across the country.The facilit
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03 Mar '26
James Lokwang, one of the victims nursing injuries at the Health centre after an attack from his garden by the stray buffaloAbim, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Abim District are living in constant fear as stray wild animals continue to attack people and destroy property, leaving