Public private partnerships accelerate maternal healthcare access across Uganda’s underserved communities Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | MTN Uganda has launched the 2026 edition of its annual 21 Days of Y’ello Care campaign, committing employee volunteers, digital technology and strategic partnerships to improve maternal and newborn healthcare in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Smartphone makers have spent years shrinking the borders around displays, but TECNO says it is attempting to eliminate them altogether with a new concept phone designed around a true 0mm screen border. The Chinese smartphone manufacturer has teased the TECNO Next-Gen Bezelless Concept Phone, a …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government has admitted it lacks the financial resources to repatriate Ugandans stranded abroad, despite labour migration generating an estimated US$2 billion (7.48 trillion Shillings) in annual remittances and ranking among the country’s biggest sources of foreign exchange. The disclosure by the Ministry of Foreign …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Military personnel have finally withdrawn from the premises of Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda, ending a physical occupation of the media house’s offices. When soldiers first sealed off the company on June 28, they were deployed in large numbers at NMG’s headquarters in Namuwongo and …
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. Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Electoral Commission (EC) has scheduled September 17, 2026, as the polling day for the Adjumani West parliamentary by-election to fill the seat left vacant following the death of Gen. Moses Ali. The by-election road map was unveiled on Monday during a stakeholders’ …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fourteen people, including the driver of a commuter taxi, were killed in a head-on collision with a sand-laden truck at Kamuwunga Trading Centre along the Lwera swamp stretch on the Masaka-Kampala Highway in Kalungu District. The fatal crash occurred at about 11:40 p.m. on Monday, …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has insisted there was no omission or commission of offence regarding the fate of 394 railway wagons that cannot be traced. This was plea was made before parliamentarians probing the management of the corporation’s assets, arising from the Auditor General’s failure …
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How a crook infiltrated the highest office in Uganda and caused untold disruption Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM | Erina Kagisha is the wife of the former commander of SFC, Maj. Gen. Don Nabasa. She works in the legal department of the Office of the President at …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Anti-Corruption Court has set September 9, 2026, to rule on bail applications filed by former Parliament Director of Communications and Public Affairs Chris Obore and six co-accused facing charges of embezzlement, causing financial loss and money laundering linked to the alleged misappropriation of billions …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Legislators have put the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) on the spot over persistent delays in connecting Ugandans to the national grid and the continued power blackouts across the country. According to the Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (Central Government), Patrick Nsamba, UEDCL …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
