Four-Acre Model farmers decry water scarcity, seek government help on irrigation
Farmers under President Museveni’s four-acre model in Mityana say water scarcity is their biggest barrier to commercial agriculture, appealing for deep-well drilli...
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Speaker Oboth directs security forces to allow family access to Muwanga Kivumbi
Speaker Jacob Oboth-Oboth has directed government leaders to work with security agencies and allow Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi’s family, doctors and lawyers to access...
Joint Security Forces Re-arrest Notorious Warrior in Nabilatuk
Joint security forces in Nabilatuk District have re-arrested a suspected notorious warrior who escaped from police custody last week, as operations intensify to recover a...
Court Orders Prosecution To Produce CCTV Evidence In Benjamin’s Trial
KAMPALA, Uganda – Proceedings in the trial of former Kyambogo University Guild President Benjamin Akiso were briefly halted after the Kanyanya-Kawempe Chief Magist...
What radicalised Muwanga Kivumbi?
Muwanga Kivumbi at parliamentVeteran politician and opposition stalwart Muwanga Kivumbi is no wallflower on Uganda’s volatile political landscape.He is as plucky a...
MPs Demand Stronger Malaria Response as Schoolchildren Hard Hit
KAMPALA, Uganda — Members of Parliament have raised concerns over rising malaria infections and reported deaths, including among school-going children, and called...
Ugandan motorists weigh long-term costs as new car incentives challenge used vehicle market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rising maintenance costs and concerns over vehicle reliability are prompting more Ugandan motorists to reconsider the long-standing pr...
Youth Crime Fuels Fear in Mpigi Village as Residents Seek Security Intervention
Residents of Bukasa-Lwamikoma Village in Kituntu Sub-county, Mpigi District, have appealed for increased police presence and night patrols, saying rising cases of robbery...
How to save Lake Victoria
Over 651 freshwater species, like fish, molluscs, and dragonflies on Lake Victoria, face a risk of extinction. FILE PHOTOSmarter farming can protect a fishery whose expor...
M7’S HAMMER FALLS! IGG Suspends Two Works Engineers Over Sh1.7Trn Busega-Mpigi ‘Route Scam’
The walls are finally closing in on officials linked to one of Uganda’s biggest and most expensive road projects after the Ministry of Works and Transport suspende...