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...
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Uganda’s First Oil: A Defining Countdown to Economic Transformation and Energy Sovereignty
KAMPALA – As every second, minute, hour, day, and month winds down, Uganda edges closer to its promise—the dawn of oil production.From drilling and completing wells t...
Reckless Overtaking Suspected in Luweero Highway Crash That Killed Three
A late-night collision between a taxi and a lorry along the Kampala–Gulu Highway in Luweero District has left three passengers dead and eight others injured, with polic...
Africa’s one-dose cure brings sleeping sickness elimination within reach
SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Africa’s long battle against sleeping sickness may be approaching its final chapter as a new single-dose therapy gains international regu...
Time to reorganise Kampala’s transport network
As the city gradually returns to normal with the removal of street vendors, now is the perfect time to reorganize the transportation sector as well. I understand it might...
DAYBREAK HORROR: Six Killed in Fiery Bus–Truck Collision on Kiboga–Hoima Highway
Six people have died in a devastating road crash that occurred at daybreak in Kyakabuga Village, Kyankwanzi District, after a passenger bus and a cargo truck collided hea...
Kampala traders caught with smuggled livestock in Nakapiripirit
Michael Longole, the Mt Moroto regional police spokespersonMoroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two livestock traders from Kampala are in police custody in Moroto after bei...
DPP withdraws trafficking and defilement case against Kampala Socialite Don Nasser
Kampala socialite Nasser Nduhukire, also known as Don Nasser, appears in the dock at Buganda Road Magistrate’s Court in Kampala, Uganda, where he was committed to the H...
Two arrested with 30 rounds of live ammunition in Gulu City
Police in Gulu City are holding two men on allegations of illegal possession of 30 live ammunition.The duo, identified as, Joshua Opwomungu, 18, and Willy Kilama, 40, wer...
At least 21 killed as passenger ferry sinks after capsizing on Nile as rescuers frantically hunt for survivors
AT least 21 people have tragically drowned after a boat capsized in the Nile as rescuers frantically work to find the remaining passengers.The passenger ferry was carryin...