Police and UPDF soldiers arrest more protestors in Kampala as Ugandans began a March to Parliament youth led anti-graft protest on July 23, 2024. PHOTO/ABUBAKER LUBOWAWe love our country, but we detest the deafening silence of our leaders, who publicly co
Some of the anti-graft protesters who were charged at Buganda Road Court and remanded to Luzira Prison on July 23, 2024. Photo | Abubaker LubowaSeveral hundreds of Gen Zs on July 27, participated in virtual and physical protests over rising corruptio
A video showing Prince Richard Ssemakookiro not eating the cake served during the 31st coronation of his father, Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, has left netizens curious.Prince Richard SsemakookiroSome wonder if it’s because he doesn't like cak
The march to Parliament scheduled for July 23 last week seemed like an event to watch. It was thus predicted that nothing of what happened in Kenya would successfully be executed in Uganda. There are good reasons to think so.Some people now regret that th
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans seeking employment in the oil refinery in the Albertine Graben need to be patient as the negotiations go on.State Minister for Energy, Okasaai Opolot says Ugandans will get jobs during and
Donald Trump formally accepted the 2024 Republican presidential nomination with a rambling speech lasting over 90 minutes, and it has given hope to s
The monthly salaries of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abbas Byakagaba, and Commissioner General of Prisons (CGP) Johnson Byabashaija and those of their deputies have been more than doubled in the new salary structure of Financial year 2024/25 that takes
Dan Musiime, CEO of Jubilee Health InsuranceA new health insurance product geared at enhancing healthcare accessibility for the younger demographic has hit the market.Uganda’s first-ever children-centred medical insurance product, the J-Junior Medical Cover was unveiled
India and South Korea are advancing discussions to upgrade the 2010 Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The 11th round of negotiations will take place in Seoul from July 17-19. Both nations are seeking greater market access for essential produc
For a brief moment earlier this year, something shifted in pop culture. It became perfectly appropriate, it seemed, to publicly gawk at Sydney Sweeney’s breasts. In what felt like a strange, noughties-tablo
