Former Makerere University Vice Chancellor Professor Venancius Baryamureeba has ignited a fiery debate on social media after openly criticizing a bold proposal by his fellow professor Lawrence Muganga to implement a nationwide “One Laptop Per Child” program in Uganda. Baryamureeba who owns Ug
Busega-Mpigi Expressway projectKampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament is concerned about the escalating cost of the Busega–Mpigi Expressway with lawmakers questioning how the project’s contract price doubled from the initial Shs547.5 billion to over Shs1.2 trillion.The C
Winstone Katushabe, commissioner for road safety at the Ministry of Works and Transport addressing stakeholders on Wednesday in KampalaKAMPALA: Uganda is preparing to reinstate its automated traffic fines system, with officials now focusing on enforcing a 30 kilometres per hour speed limit
KAMPALA: Uganda is planning sweeping changes to its personal income tax system to ease pressure on low-income earners, even as it rolls out new tax measures to recover at least 49 billion Ugandan shillings in additional revenue, according to official proposals for the 2026/27 financial year seen
Wakiso, Uganda | The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Lady Justice Naluzze Aisha Batala, on Wednesday began the valuation of 17 properties recovered from corrupt public officials, marking a significant step in the government’s efforts to reclaim stolen public funds.Justice Naluzze
State Minister for Finance in charge of General Duties, Henry Musasizi, during the presentation for the 2026/27 Ministerial Policy Statement before Parliament’s Committee on Finance.Uganda is set to make history in the 2026/27 financial year with expected oil revenues surpassing Shs2.2 t
Uganda’s president-elect Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni and his team of close and trusted advisors are on a mission to identify men and women that will be named cabinet ministers and junior ministers (ministers of state) in coming weeks. The 81-year-old, who will have ruled Uganda for 45 ye
In a Wednesday live-streamed interview with Mulengera News crew, Senior PLU/NRM cadre Susan Kushaba discredited Kampala Minister Minsa Kabanda’s Kampala Central MP election victory.Kushaba, a diehard Museveni supporter of many years, added that as a candidate in the same election, she ha
Andrew Ainebyona, 32, a science teacher at Yudesi Nursery and Primary School, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl.The prosecution, led by Lilian Nandawula, was able to produce six witnesses, who accused the teacher, Ainebyona, of raping the minor.T
The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) offices in Kabale District are under lock and key. Officially opened by NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, in August 2023, the offices are located along Rugabo Road, opposite Kabale Secondary School in Centr
