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02 May '24
What you need to know:President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on May 1 demanded that companies recruit employees on a permanent rather than a temporary basis. If this declaration is carried out, it will impose mandatory employment contracts and set working con
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01 May '24
ISRAEL will strike five sprawling Hamas tunnel bases in Rafah where terror chief Yahya Sinwar and his ruthless followers could be hiding.The country's tanks and troops are reportedly lined up on the Gaza bord
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29 Apr '24
Museveni with the retired Generals from UPDF.Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has retired police’s Director for Human Resource Management, Brig Gen Jesse Kamunwanire, from Uganda People’s Defence Forc
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17 Mar '24
EXCLUSIVE: The attitude in Ukraine and the West is, to an extent, that "my enemy's enemy is my friend", says Professor Michael Clarke.Denis Nikitin, also known as Denis Kapustin, is the founder of the Russian Volunteer Corps (Image: armyinform.com.ua)High-profile attacks led by exil
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07 Mar '24
Liam kept denying his grandmother’s request to open the toolbox she’d gifted him, thinking it was another one of her boring presents he hated. However, after her death, the boy opened it and couldn’t stop crying when he saw what was inside.Liam spent his summer vacations every year a
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21 Feb '24
What you need to know:A cross-section of political observers yesterday welcomed a call by Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Norbert Mao asking President Museveni to prepare for a peaceful transition of power, or risk dragging the country back into the dark past of civil strife
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07 Feb '24
There’s no denying Iran’s proxy forces are great value for money. The regime’s support for its allied militias, including the Lebanese Hizbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, probably doesn’t exceed a few billion dollars per annum — perhaps even less, given that many have their own sources of
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01 Feb '24
Justice Minister Norbert Mao has recommended the removal of soldiers associated with the Fisheries Protection Unit from all water bodies in response to a petition from fish maw traders associations. The traders accuse the soldiers of the unit of engaging in torture and brutal arrests.Minis
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19 Jan '24
The President of Rwanda Paul Kagame has appointed his daughter Ange Kagame to take charge of policy and strategy in the office of the president.The appointment of Ange Kagame follows a cabinet resolution at
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16 Jan '24
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has suggested that Somalia looks to the National Resistance Movement (NRM) as a source of inspiration for the prosperity and strategic security of its citizens. During a meeting with Uganda’s Ambassador to Somalia, Prof. Sam Tulya-Muhika, at State House, Entebbe