The Electoral Commission (EC) has disqualified Geoffrey Kayanja, the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate for Nakaseke North MP seat, from the General Parliamentary Election.The decision was made due to Kayanja’s failure to provide the minimum number of registered voters supporting hi
Veteran opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye and his aide, Obeid Lutale, have been denied bail for the fourth time, as court ruled that criminal proceedings should not be stayed before plea taking.Justice Emmanuel Baguma delivered the ruling on Monday, after it had earlier been scheduled
A team from the China-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park briefs President Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni. Far right is Luke Wang, Managing Director, Tian Tang Group, and Lucy Zhang, Group CEORWAKITURA, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has approved a proposal to estab
This follows a protracted legal battle between the late Kampala businessman Bonney Katatumba and Shukla Mukesh and his companies over the ownership of Shumuk Businessman Shukla Muskesh and his businesses, Shumuk Springs Development Ltd, Springs International Development Hotel Ltd and Shumu
Besigye and Lutale had sought bail, arguing they are law-abiding citizens with fixed residences and would comply with all court directives.The High Court’s Criminal Division has deferred its ruling on applications seeking to halt treason proceedings and grant bail to opposition figure Co
Police at Kampala Central Police Station have launched investigations into the tragic death of an 11-year-old girl whose body was found at Old Taxi Park in Kampala Central. The incident has shocked the public and raised serious concerns about child safety during travel.Police say the incid
Rachael KawalaPolice in Kampala North have arrested a 34-year-old woman, Nanteza Aisha, on allegations of staging her own kidnapping, an incident that triggered public panic and a full-scale police investigation.According to Police, the case was registered on 15th December 2025 afte
When Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho (Rtd) Salim Saleh presented his long, detailed analysis of Uganda’s economy and structured recommendations for improvement in the form of the Third National Development Plan (NDPIII) to President Museveni, he laid out the kinds of problems that many Ugandans feel eve
Kampala– Government through the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives together with the sugar millers in Busoga region have set UGX 125,000 as the minimum price of a ton of sugarcane in the region. This follows an outcry from some sugarcane out-growers in Busoga who have taking home as l
Ahmed al Ahmed is a fruit shop owner who has been identified as the bystander who took cover grabbed a gunman's rifle and and forced him to the ground.Forty-three-year-old
