Students, parents protest proposed renaming of Busoga University
Students and parents of Busoga University have protested a proposed name change, warning it threatens the institution’s identity and could affect graduates’...
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Museveni halts Central Bank directive on Sacco licensing
President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Bank of Uganda (BoU) to halt threats and directives aimed at forcing Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (Saccos) to a...
Benjamin Sesko rescues Man Utd with last-gasp winner in Fulham thriller - 5 talking points
MANCHESTER UNITED 3-2 FULHAM: Benjamin Sesko comes off the bench to score an injury-time winner for Michael Carrick's side as they hold off a late fight back from FulhamB...
IT’S FAKE! State House disowns circulating Museveni letter approving Shs2.5 bn grant to “investorâ€
The State House of Uganda has said the letter making rounds on social media purportedly authored by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni approving a Shs2.5 billion grant to a...
Uganda: Ssemakadde's Bid for Presidential Pardon Rejected
The Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy has declined to advise the President on granting clemency to exiled president of the Uganda Law Society, Isaac Ssemakad...
Chaos reigns at Wakiso elections tally centre as results disputed by candidates
Candidates reviewing results. Opposition NUP candidates alleged rigging, as their DR forms seemed not to tally with the results being declared by the returning officer.Wa...
Muyanja Ssenyonga Heads to Court over Contested Defeat
Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze Bakireke condemned what she described as interference by NRM officials in the electoral process, accusing them of coercing the retur...
How Mukono returning officer declared two LC5 Chairpersons in one day
Drama unfolded in Mukono on Friday after the district returning officer declared two LC5 chairpersons in one day, triggering allegations of coercion, ballot stuffing, and...
Why Bobi Wine might have risked an outdoor video
For a high-profile fugitive wanted by senior military commanders, releasing a public video from outdoors seemed counter-intuitive to many. Opposition leader Bobi Wine has...
30 incumbent councillors lose in Busia district
New Busia chairman John Charles Namayindi (left), Joan Aduru Busia registrar (right)Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The just-concluded Local Council Five (LCV) election...