Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has pushed back against critics within the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) who have questioned his loyalty to the party.He says his 15 years of service and repeated election victories for the NRM demonstrate his lo
Justice Kania ruled that it was unlikely that Henry Katanga, a right handed person intending to commit suicide, would shoot himself on the left side of his head,” and that the alternative trajectory proposed by Molly's defence would require awkward positioningMolly Katanga listening to t
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has narrated how Besigye taught NRA fighters to use chloroform during Kabamba barracks attack.A trained medical doctor, Dr Kizza Besigye was Museveni’s personal physician and also treated combatants of the National Resistance Army (NRA) war that raged on
KAMPALA — A group of concerned alumni of Mbarara High School has petitioned the Ministry of Education and Sports seeking a government investigation into declining academic performance, governance failures and alleged irregular handling of school land at the historic institution.In a peti
She was defamed and, for months, character-assassinated by TikTok bully Dean Lubowa Saava but Deputy IGG Ann T Muhairwe on Thursday had the last laugh inside the Makindye chief magistrates court.Those days convinced he was the most powerful communicator in Kampala, Saava relentlessly attac
The Territorial Police has issued a press statement following a tragic murder by stabbing in Luwero District. The incident happened in the early hours of 5th March 2026 at around 1:00am in Bajjo Lumansi Village, Bajjo Parish, Nyimbwa Sub-County.According to police reports, 25-year-old busi
Police have defended the fatal shooting of a young salon owner in Matugga, even as the family of the deceased demands justice, insisting he was wrongly killed.Beatrice Balireta, the mother of Amon Tindyebwa, who was shot dead by police on Wednesday morning, says her son was innocent and ha
The heat is on at the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) after the Auditor General’s December 2025 report tore through the glossy public relations spin amidst war on Iran and laid bare troubling gaps in fuel security, funding shortfalls, underperformance and strategic failures that now raise un
BUSHENYI, Uganda — Two people died on the spot, while several others sustained injuries, following a fatal road accident involving a passenger bus and a Toyota Noah along the Mbarara–Bushenyi Road in Rwentuha Town Council, Bushenyi District.The crash involved a Tausi bus traveling from
Police in Kampala have intensified operations against motor vehicle part theft and phone snatching, arresting seven suspects in a series of intelligence-led crackdowns targeting known hotspots within the city.According to Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Kawala Rachael, officers fr
