UETCL, UEDCL promise fewer outages after $83m upgrade
Across Kampala, planned power cuts have become an unwelcome part of daily life, disrupting businesses, households and hospitals.Electricity officials say the frustration...
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BUSEGA EXPRESSWAY SCANDAL PROBE WIDENS! Investigators Zero In on Eng. Isaac Wani, Ex-UNRA Director of Network Planning & Engineering and Former Contracts Committee Chair, Now Natio
The noose is tightening in the explosive Busega-Mpigi Expressway scandal as investigators widen their probe to scrutinise the role of Eng. Isaac Wani, the current Commiss...
MPs raise alarm over rising government water bill arrears
Land security remains one of the biggest challenges facing the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC), with the corporation saying the issue continues to affect a...
West Nile Leaders Fault Museveni Over Unfulfilled UNRF Peace Agreement
section of political leaders, elders and close associates of the late Second Deputy Prime Minister, Gen. Moses Ali, have criticized President Yoweri Museveni and the Nati...
Stanbic Bank loses bid to sell mortgaged property after dispute over spousal consent
Godfrey Adia, a prominent businessman in Arua, has secured a temporary legal victory over Stanbic Bank after the court ruled that the bank could not sell his property bec...
TOILET CASH STINKS! Investigation Exposes Shocking Mismanagement in KCCA’s Sh16Bn Sanitation Project
project meant to improve sanitation for Kampala’s urban poor has instead been plunged into controversy after the Auditor General uncovered a trail of financial dis...
SLEEPING SICKNESS FIGHT IN DISARRAY! Inside Missing Assets, Unclaimed Millions & Shambolic Handover at MAAIF’s COCTU
The government’s once-celebrated war against tsetse flies and sleeping sickness may have succeeded in wiping out Human African Trypanosomiasis in Uganda by 2020, b...
Former Minister Nandutu Appeals After Conviction Over 2,000 OPM Iron Sheets
Former Karamoja Affairs State Minister Agnes Nandutu has moved to the Court of Appeal seeking to overturn her conviction and four-year prison sentence in the iron sheets...
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...
Rukiga District Returns Sh500 Million Unspent Amid Road, Health Woes
RUKIGA, Uganda — Rukiga District Local Government returned 500 million shillings in unspent funds to the Treasury at the close of the 2025/2026 financial year, eve...