The Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) and French healthcare company Tyllium SAS on Wednesday signed an agreement to design, construct and equip a modern Diagnostic and Oncology Centre in Mbarara, in a project backed by the French government aimed at expanding access to cancer care in Uganda.Th
Committed on April 2, 2026, the crimes by Christopher Okello Onyum shocked Uganda. Okello Onyum carried out a brutal attack at the Ggaba Early Childhood Development Centre in Kampala, where he targeted toddlers.Investigations later revealed that he had previously visited the school under t
man often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it,” the French poet Jean de La Fontaine famously said. The idea is that, despite one’s best efforts to avoid a certain path in life, they end up facing it anyway.That pretty much sums up Paul Mwesigwa’s one-year tenure as Mana
Masaka City — National Resistance Movement (NRM) party cadres across Uganda have applauded the Party National Treasurer, Hon. Barbara Nekesa Oundo, for what they describe as a decisive improvement in the management of the National Treasury, which has strengthened mobilisation structures, improv
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Devon Petroleum SMC LTD has officially entered Uganda’s downstream petroleum sector with the launch of six fuel stations, positioning itself to compete in an increasingly crowded market where oil marketers are racing to expand retail networks, strengthen cust
The Judiciary has taken a significant step toward modernizing its operations with the advancement of a new Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System designed to enhance transparency, performance tracking, and evidence-based decision-making across the institution.In a high-level preparator
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ms Ruth Nankabirwa, has named Ms Stella-Marie Biwaga as interim Board chairperson for Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL), replacing Ms Lydia Ochieng-Obbo, whose contract was terminated.In the Saturday statement, Ms Nankab
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has fired the Uganda Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd (UEDCL) Board chairperson, Ms Lydia Ochieng Obbo and placed its managing director, Mr Paul Mwesigwa, on forced leave over alleged regression of the company.In a statement issued on Saturday
As Uganda steadily moves toward the 2026 president Museveni’s seventh term swearing in at Kololo Independent grounds on 12th May 2026 after 71.65 victory in general elections, political conversations across the country continue to intensify. Supporters, analysts, and critics alike are weighing
The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), through its Health Services, has rolled out lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) drug for HIV prevention which is administered once every six months, in a move aimed at strengthening its HIV response efforts.Spea
