Speaking at a parliamentary Iftar dinner on Saturday evening Speaker Among hinted that Basalirwa would not be left without a role after his recent electoral lossSpeaker of Parliament Anita Among offered encouraging words to Asuman Basalirwa, the outgoing MP for Bugiri Municipality, who los
Thousands of Iranians gathered at Tehran’s Enqelab Square on Sunday to mourn the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes a day earlier.Iranian state media confirmed the leader’s death on Sunday, prompting the government to declare
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Force contingent serving under the United Nations Guard Unit in Somalia has marked a change of command, with Lt Col Peter Barigye handing over leadership of UNGU XI to Lt Col Nathan Akankunda, the incoming commander of UNGU XII.The handover ceremony was presid
Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa sign deal with Kenya to participate in the upcoming Initial Public Offering (IPO) of the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC)Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | New details have emerged about Uganda’s participation in the Kenya Pipeline Co
The Namanve Industrial Park is now the largest in Africa and the hope of all Investors and people of Uganda was that it would become a World Class Facility.Unfortunately, reality check tells us that this dream must be thrown out of the window as so many issues, primarily due to its design,
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today received Letters of Credence from six Ambassadors-designate accredited to the Republic of Uganda at State House Entebbe.The Ambassadors who presented their credentials are: H.E. Mr. Ahmed Mohammed Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Zweidi, Ambassador-designa
Erasto BahatiGOMA – Colonel Bahati Musanga Erasto, the M23-appointed parallel governor of North Kivu, has urged young people in rebel-held areas to enlist in the movement’s ranks, declaring that the fight would continue despite the recent killing of military spokesperson Lt. Col. Willy
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who also serves as the Commander-in-Chief (CIC), has directed the Inspector General of Police, Abbas Byakagaba, to carry out a fresh forensic audit on all police firearms across the country, Spyreports has exclusively established.According to highly placed
Nile Breweries Limited, proudly part of AB InBev, has opened applications for its May–August 2026 internship programme, offering students a chance to gain hands-on industry experience in the brewing sector.Application Deadline21st March 2026Programme OverviewThe inte
KAMPALA — Spiro, an electric mobility company with operations in Uganda, has secured $50 million in debt funding to expand its battery-swapping infrastructure and electric vehicle fleet across Africa.The funding round, announced Tuesday, included participation from Afreximbank and two ne
