Road Crashes in Uganda Rise in 2025 as Fatalities Increase — Police Report
Uganda registered 4,602 fatal road crashes in 2025, reflecting a 3.8% increase compared to 2024, according to the annual crime report released by the Uganda Police Force...
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Uganda Records 2 Million Births in 2025 as Health System Struggles to Keep Pace
Uganda recorded approximately 2 million births in 2025, according to Dr Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health, who warned that rapid population...
Man Dies After Assault in Dokolo District, Two Suspects Arrested
DOKOLO DISTRICT, Uganda — A 22-year-old peasant farmer has died from injuries sustained during an assault last month, police have confirmed, prompting the arrest of two...
Bobi Wine lookalike from Tooro ‘overwhelmed’ by junk calls
Businge said the calls intensified after Bobi Wine reportedly left the country, with many callers asking about the opposition leader’s whereaboutsA man from Tooro who c...
Another University Student Killed in Kampala Road Accident
The deceased has been identified as Michael Musisi, a first-year medical student at Makerere University.The accident happened on Thursday. Musisi was struck by a motorcyc...
BITTER TRUTH: Here’s Why Gen M7 Alone Can’t Keep Anita Among in Speakership Job
Ordinarily, the typical script at the NRM retreat should have read like this. Journalists are locked out as MPs converge at Kyankwanzi under the guise of induction ahead...
Uganda fuel prices rise modestly amid global tensions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s fuel prices have edged up by around 5% amid rising tensions in the Middle East, but strong reserves and reforms in the coun...
Ggaba daycare suspect ‘not insane’, killed for wealth, DPP tells court
Kampala, Uganda: Christopher Okello Onyum, the prime suspect in the killing of four toddlers at a Ggaba daycare centre, was mentally sound and allegedly carried out the a...
Driver arrested for transporting passenger on taxi roof
The video, which drew concern online, shows the man lying calmly on the roof of the taxi, apparently unsecured, with his head resting on passengers’ luggage tied down w...
Gunmen in UPDF uniform rob truck, abduct cashier in Kamuli
Kamuli, Uganda: Suspected armed robbers dressed in military uniform on Tuesday evening attacked a commercial truck in Kamuli District, abducting a cashier and fleeing wit...