Former NSSF boss Byarugaba lands key State House role
President Yoweri Museveni has appointed former NSSF managing director Richard Patrick Byarugaba as senior presidential advisor on exports and industrial development, alon...
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Aid workers missing after airstrikes hit South Sudan hospital
An unknown number of aid workers are missing after air strikes hit a hospital in South Sudan, near the Ethiopian border, a charity group says.The hospital, run by medical...
Refugee Processing on Hold, Immigrant Visas Handled in Nairobi as U.S Clarifies Policy Scope
The United States Embassy in Kampala has clarified that certain visa categories are either processed outside Uganda or currently paused, underscoring the global scope of...
Muhoozi deletes controversial posts blaming Bobi Wine’s escape on US Embassy
Reader modeMuhoozi deletes controversial posts blaming Bobi Wine’s escape on US Embassypulse.ug23hIn the now-deleted posts, Gen Muhoozi claimed that Uganda’...
Standard Chartered boss throws in the towel as bank struggles deepen in Uganda and Kenya
The cracks inside Standard Chartered Bank are no longer whispers — they are now headline news.As the British banking giant retreats from struggling markets, its to...
EU deplores Uganda election violence, Bobi Wine’s harassment
The European Union, EU, has decried the violence and threats surrounding the Uganda general elections, including the targeting of opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi (Bob...
Winners and Losers in District Local Government Polls
The just-concluded district local government elections have delivered a mixed verdict for incumbents, returning political veterans, and first-time challengers, with voter...
GULU: Voters protest use of plastic buckets for ballot boxes
polling official under the watch of police inserts holes on the edges of the plastic buckets to allow fitting of security seals in Gulu cityGulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT...
Chapter Four Uganda closes offices after gov’t suspended its operating permit
The human rights organisation, Chapter Four Uganda has suspended its operations and closed its offices following an indefinite suspension of its NGO permit by the Nationa...
MTN, Airtel, UCC sued over internet shutdown during elections
The Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), George William Nyombi Thembo, addresses a press conference on the internet shutdown ahead of the gen...