Arsenal were boosted by the return from injury of William Saliba at the weekend, but picked up two fresh worries in defence.Saliba started and played an hour in a 4-0 win over Wigan, but lost Riccardo Calafiori before the game and then Ben White near the end.The double setback comes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In Arusha, Tanzania, Lubega John Nsamba represented her ailing father, John Mary Nsamba, whose land along the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) had been acquired without what the family considered fair compensation.Over a month after his burial nea
The slain Director of Students Affairs at Uganda Christian University (UCU), Pamela Tumwebaze, was planning to wed her new fiancé at the time of her tragic death, the University’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Aaron Mushengyezi, revealed during an emotional funeral service on Friday.Speaking t
Uganda is gripped by shock, disbelief, and heated debate after controversial city lawyer Shamil Atabua made explosive claims linking his ancestral spirits to the death of former appellate judge Kenneth Kakuru.Speaking during a public engagement at the Uganda Law Society (ULS) in Kololo on
General Court Martial has resumed operations at Makindye in Kampala after more than a year of inactivity, following a Supreme Court decision barring the trial of civilians in military courts.The military court, which had halted proceedings in compliance with the landmark judgement, is now
Ntinda-Relatives and friends of Dr. Sarah Bireete have commended her for resilience and courage, days after the Buganda Road Magistrates Court granted her bail.Dr. Sarah Bireete (in middle) during the Thanksgiving ceremonyDr. Bireete, the Executive Director of the Center for Constit
The race for the Speakership of Uganda’s 12th Parliament has exposed a quiet but consequential struggle inside the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), with incumbent Speaker Anita Among emerging as both the symbol and beneficiary of a rapidly closing party consensus.When Norbert M
As the dust settles on the January 15, 2026 polls, a new legal battlefront is opening, with the High Court expected to be flooded by election petitions.Following the first gazettement of results on February 6, the 30-day countdown for aggrieved parliamentary candidates to challenge outcome
Kampala, Uganda: Incumbent Kampala Capital City Deputy Lord Mayor Doreen Nyanjura has offered a candid reflection on political loss, isolation and the realities of power and her unsuccessful bid for the Mwenge parliamentary seat, revealing how quickly influence fades once public office slips away
Outgoing Mawokota South Member of Parliament Yusuf Nsibambi has revealed that the recent meeting between President Yoweri Museveni and several opposition figures at State House was not impromptu, but the result of a carefully coordinated process that involved the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda
