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
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
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
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
Liverpool lost 2-1 to Wolves after Andre's 94th-minute winner at Molineux (Image: Getty)If Liverpool begin next season with Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo as their starting wingers, something has gone wrong. That is not easy to say. In their Anfield careers, the pair have made major contribu
KAMPALA, Uganda — Police in Wandegeya have arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a 34-year-old man whose body was discovered near Dusuma Garage.The deceased, identified as Kabugo, was found lying near the garage fence early yesterday morning after police received a tip-o
Ugandans are asking one burning question: what exactly is going on at Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited?Ever since Umeme exited and UEDCL officially took over power distribution on April 1, 2025, complaints of persistent blackouts, delayed meter replacements, sluggish custome
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
