UCC trains 1,800 boda boda riders to drive Uganda’s digital economy
KAMPALA — The Uganda Communications Commission has trained 1,800 boda boda riders in an ambitious drive to transform the country’s informal transport sector...
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Police Arrest Over 700 Suspects in Week-Long Crackdown Across Greater Kampala
Police have arrested at least 700 suspects in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area during intelligence-led operations conducted between February 16 and 22, 2026, targeti...
Police rescue 10 girls from traffickers in Bushenyi, arrest two suspects
Bushenyi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Bushenyi are holding two suspects in connection with alleged human trafficking.Apollo Tayebwa, the Greater Bushenyi Police...
KCCA’s Clean Streets Gamble: Can They Keep Vendors at Bay?
Kampala city after street vendors being evicted.Overview:KCCA spokesperson Daniel Nuwabine said this time it will be different. He said eviction of street vendors in the...
Guard Arrested After Midnight Robbery Attempt in Bushenyi
Police in Bushenyi District are investigating an alleged aggravated robbery that occurred shortly after midnight on February 18, 2026, at Katooma Cell, Ryeishe Parish, Ib...
Police Arrest Private Security Guard Over Alleged Aggravated Robbery in Bushenyi
BUSHENYI, Uganda — Police in Bushenyi District are investigating the circumstances surrounding an alleged aggravated robbery that occurred in the early hours of Fe...
Kampala on Edge as Murders and Street Gangs Fuel Rising Fear
For many residents, the killings are not being viewed as isolated tragedies. They have instead sharpened an anxiety that has been quietly building across the Kampala Metr...
Mukono to cover drainages to address open drain risks
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Municipal Council has agreed to cover open drainage channels along sections of the Nasuti–Nakabago–Ntawo and Bajo�...
Banished vendors told to move to out-of-town markets
For those that cannot find space in neighboring municipalities, the KCCA boss urged them to move further out to 10 cities in, including Mbarara, Jinja, Mbale and Gulu, wh...
Museveni warns NUP against fresh insurrection plots
KAMPALA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has accused the National Unity Platform (NUP) of orchestrating the 2021 machete attacks in Greater Masaka that left 28 e...