Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has scheduled March 12, 2026, to conduct residual elections in areas where the February 4 Local Government Council III (LCIII) polls were ...

The Gulu Chief Magistrate's Court has granted bail to National Unity Platform (NUP) vice chairperson for Northern Uganda Lina Zedriga after 40 days in detention and prison.Dr Zedriga was released on a ...

The family of the late David Tumushabe, a former accounting officer at the East African Railways Cooperation and Uganda Railways Corporation, has petitioned the Chief of Defence Forces, General ...

Two livestock traders from Kampala are in police custody in Moroto after being found transporting livestock that did not match their movement permits. Mike Longole, the Mt. Moroto Region Police ...

The Minister of Education and Sports, Ms Janet Museveni, has directed management of Makerere University to ensure all its ...

TANZANIA remained the topperforming equity market in Africa in local currency terms, extending its year-to-date gains to ...

Gates told staff that it was a huge mistake to spend time with Epstein and bring Gates Foundation executives into meetings with the sex offender ...

KAMPALA — Two Ugandan women were arrested for kissing in public, a police spokesperson told AFP on Tuesday, under an anti-gay law considered among the harshest in the world. Uganda’s 2023 ...