When climate risk becomes a budget risk
Despite legal buffer requirements of 100 metres from rivers and 200 metres from lakes,wetlands are increasingly encroached upon by settlements, farming, sand mining, and...
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INCOMPETENCE OR SABOTAGE? Sh53bn Karamoja Valley Dams, Tanks Turn into Mud Pits Under Ministry of Water Negligence
A shocking Auditor General’s report has exposed deep rot, negligence and sheer incompetence at the Ministry of Water and Environment, after billions of shillings m...
Ecweru Praises Progress on Katonga Roads, Assures Public of Imminent Reopening
The State Minister for Works and Transport, Musa Ecweru, has commended contractors for what he described as commendable progress on road works along routes crossing River...
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...
LIBYA TURMOIL! Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam gunned down
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the longtime former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed in Libya.Ahmed Khalifa, an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent in the Nor...
How parish-level economic programs helped NRM regain Buganda support
PDM beneficiary Damali Nakayenga (R) chats with President Museveni as she leads him to her piggery farm at her home in Kikoma, Wobulenzi town on Tuesday (PHOTO/ PPU)KAMPA...
Works Ministry Halts Motor Vehicle Registration over Network Outage
The suspension comes during the Christmas holiday period, a typically busy time for vehicle transactions and licensing, and may delay registrations, transfers and issuanc...
Anita Among Clashes with Bobi Wine: ‘Museveni Will Lead Beyond 2026’ – Heated Words Over Bukedea By-election Claims!
The political tensions in Uganda escalated after Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Anita Annet Among, responded strongly to Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) over claims regard...
New board takes over at Uganda Railways amid decay and land grabbing concerns
Former Energy Minister Daudi Migereko takes over as chairman of the Uganda Railways Corp. board, facing the challenge of reviving a national asset plagued by decades of d...
Brazil court rejects new Bolsonaro appeal against coup conviction
A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Friday rejected a fresh appeal by jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro against his coup conviction, declaring it inadmissible, accord...