Auditor General demands tighter controls as tech giants pay Shs29b in tax
While digital tax collections from giants like Apple and Meta have hit 29.5 billion shillings, the Auditor General warns that a lack of independent verification is causin...
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Kampala Mortuary Handles Hundreds of Unclaimed Bodies in 2025
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Mortuary witnessed a disturbing trend in 2025, receiving hundreds of unclaimed bodies, according to the Directorate of Police He...
Banks Urged to Embrace Modern Technology to Improve Service Delivery
The Minister of Information and Communication Technology and National Guidance, Dr Chris Baryomunsi, has called on banks in Uganda to embrace modern technology to enhance...
Wetlands play critical roles in ecological balance, fishery sustainability
Mr Richster Amarh Amarfio, Vice President of the National Fisheries Association of Ghana (NAFAG), has underscored the role wetlands play in Ghana’s ecological bala...
Alenyo Joins Race For Deputy Speaker Amid Quiet Revolt Against NRM CEC Position
A fresh undercurrent of defiance is beginning to ripple through the 12th Parliament as Hon. Marshall Alenyo, a seasoned city lawyer and newly elected legislator, throws h...
CDF declares 2026 elections the most peaceful since 1996
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief of Defense Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has described Uganda’s 2026 general elections as the most peaceful since...
Unsafe Abortions Increasingly Recorded among Adult Women, New Data Shows
Health experts caution, however, that these figures may only reflect a fraction of the true burden. Many abortions are illegally procured in unregulated settings where de...
Simon Mungudit: Makerere’s Best Performing Male Science Student and Rising Star in Petroleum Geoscience
Simon Mungudit has emerged as the best performing male student in the Sciences at Makerere University and is set to graduate during the University’s 76th Graduatio...
Rigging aside, why are we still voting from basins?
Uganda’s elections are often discussed through the familiar vocabulary of irregularities: Intimidation, militarisation, ballot stuffing, voter bribery, and contest...
NARO Courts Agro-Industrialists to Accelerate Value Addition and Boost Farmer Incomes
The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has intensified engagement with agro-industrial investors to fast-track agro-industrialisation, deepen value additi...