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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 12th edition of the Kabaka Birthday Run will champion the fight against HIV/AIDS.  The annual run, which attracts over 100,000 participants, serves as a key fundraising platform for health-related causes, with thematic shifts every three years, though the urgency of combating HIV/AIDS has …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | – The International Federation of the Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an Emergency Appeal for 6 million Swiss francs to help contain Uganda’s eighth Ebola outbreak since 2000, caused by the Sudan Ebola Virus Disease (SVD), which has already resulted in nine confirmed cases, …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) has officially launched the much-anticipated two-year aligned Advanced Secondary Curriculum, just days before Senior Five students are set to report to school. Several headteachers, who were contacted by our reporter, confirmed that NCDC had already sent the updated …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police are investigating the cause an accident that left three people dead on the Kampala-Jinja highway. According to Patrick Onyango, the spokesperson for Kampala Metropolitan Police, the accident occurred today morning in Mukono when a trailer carrying cement veered off the road after hitting …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Vivo Energy Uganda celebrated outstanding road safety achievements at its annual Drivers’ and Hauliers’ League Awards, recognizing over 400 truck drivers and seven transport companies for collectively driving over 18 million kilometres in 2024 without a single road incident while delivering Shell-branded fuels. The …

COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | When the opposition party, National Unity Platform (NUP) led by musician Bobi Wine/Robert Kyagulanyi invited itself to the village brawl that is Uganda’s governance, the ruling regime received NUP with wide-open jaws — chomping on NUP supporters for the rather grave crime of daring to support …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | A staff member at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is citing political intrigue and personal vendetta as responsible for his delayed – or revoked deployment. Dhakaba Mohammed Kirunda was last deployed as Financial Attaché at the Ugandan Embassy in Algiers, Algeria in 2022.   He …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Prosecutors have accused nine suspects of delaying justice in the case in which they are implicated in the charges of falsely accusing Miracle Center Cathedral Pastor Robert Kayanja of sodomy. This was raised by the Chief State Attorney Jonathan Muwaganya on Wednesday before the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Barbra Amuge, a teller at Post Bank Kawempe Branch, has been named as the winner of this year’s Bancassurance Award that is run by ICEA LION Life Assurance and Post Bank. Amuge’s outstanding performance earned her an all-expenses-paid trip to Dubai, a well-deserved recognition of her dedication …

Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiwale Church of Uganda (COU) Primary School, once struggling with makeshift classrooms and inadequate learning facilities, has received a significant boost through the support of the Safal Uganda Baati Foundation in partnership with the Rotary Club of Bweyogerere Namboole. The Foundation provided roofing for a …