At the 74th graduation of Makerere University, Namutebi Abishag Lilian Matovu was among the 132 students awarded the coveted PhD, climaxing a journey she never dreamt would end the way it did.Like many children born to peasant families, education is never assured. Perhaps, this explains wh
There was something missing from last night’s Super Bowl Sunday that not even the appearance of Taylor Swift cheering on her football-star boy
What you need to know:President Museveni has been in Busoga sub-region twice in a period of 12 days. First, he was in Jinja City on January 26 when he presided over the 38th anniversary of the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) rise to power, and th
Bemba at Goma International AirportRutshuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Prime Minister and National Minister of Defense, Jean-Pierre Bemba, on Friday rushed to North Kivu province as the fight between the March 23 Movement (M23) rebe
In an exciting tale of what could be the smartest and one of most daring tales you could have heard told, a lowly boda boda rider has entered in the records of Uganda as the first man to bundle all the three most probable Presidential materials and conning them of liquid cash.Moses Ssimbwa
Hailey Bieber has finally addressed ongoing rumours that she and Justin Bieber's marriage is on the rocks as fans speculate she has been shading her husband on social media
A brown spot can sometimes be a sign of skin cancer (Image: Getty Images)Globally skin cancer is one of the most common forms of the disease with the World Health Organisation&n
Prince William is set to return to royal duties today for the first time since his wife Kate Middleton's hospitalisation and King Charles' cancer diagnosis but has no plans to see
The archbishop of Gulu Diocese, John Baptist Odama, and South Sudan ambassador to Uganda, Simon Deng have urged South Sudanese refug
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
