Exclusive: Govt-NUP in Talks Over Bobi Wine’s ‘Dignified and Secure’ Return
Bobi Wine and wife Barbie Itungo in the US during Eid al Fitr celebrations last weekQuiet negotiations between the government and NUP are reportedly underway to facilitat...
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Five student athletes dead in highway crash
A dark cloud has settled over the Ugandan sports community following a horrific road accident on Tuesday that claimed the lives of five students from Iki-Iki Senior Secon...
How Mobile Money Taxes Are Squeezing Life Ouf of Small Businesses
Rising mobile money transaction and withdrawal charges are increasingly eating into the profits of small businesses in Uganda, with traders and MSMEs warning that the hig...
Nakawa Court Grants Bail to NUP Official After 68 Days in Detention
Kampala, Uganda – Nakawa Chief Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to John Mary Ssebuwufu, the National Unity Platform (NUP) deputy chairperson and councillor, after...
6 Ugandans Arrested in Connection to USD 3.4 Mn Equity Bank Rwanda Digital Heist
The cross-border heist signifies a new frontier in the evolving nature of financial crime, where digital fraud is increasingly sophisticated, fast-moving and now, transna...
High ICU Costs Spark Concern Over Patient Protection
When asked about intensive care unit (ICU) charges at Kawempe Hospital, Dr. Byaruhanga revealed that patients are charged UGX 1 million per week. However, most patients t...
Lawyers Stranded After Chief Magistrate Kidasa Sets Tough Conditions On Releasing Mabirizi After Constitutional Court Decision…
Lawyers representing maverick city lawyer Male Mabirizi are stranded after Buganda Road Chief Magistrate Ritah Kidasa Wanyama set tough conditions if she is to dismiss cr...
DPP, Judiciary Trade Blame Over Stalled Court Martial Files One Year After Landmark Judgement
More than a year after the Supreme Court barred trials of civilians in Uganda’s military courts, hundreds of cases remain unresolved as the Judiciary and DPP trade blam...
MPs see KCCA as accomplice in market demolition brutality
Eng. Ronald Balimwezo, Nakawa East MP, and Kampala City Lord Mayor-electKampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s oversight committee has sharply criticised the...
Mulago Hospital Grapples with “Fake Doctors” Preying on the Vulnerable As Extortion ‘Business’ Persists
Penina Atieno, the woman allegedly impersonating medics at Mulago (Mulago ICT Photo). Penina Atieno, the woman allegedly impersonating medics at Mulago (Mulago ICT Photo)...