COMMENT | Rebecca Karagwa & Daniella Khanani | It was enraging that the colour of Floyd George’s skin could be so toxic as to lead to his death. The May, 2020 incident that led to his death rightly caught the world’s attention. Like most Africans, Ugandans too, showed solidarity through the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has been nominated NRM national chairman and presidential flag-bearer for the 2021 elections. Museveni, who is the Chairman of the ruling party, was confirmed by NRM Elections chief Dr Tanga Odoi, soon after he arrived NRM Secretariat for nomination just after 11am. “I …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has registered a second Coronavirus (COVID-19) death, according to the ministry of health. The second case is an 80-year-old female, a resident of Mengo, Kisenyi III in Kampala. She was admitted to Platinum hospital on Friday July 24, 2020 at 5:00 pm after …

  COMMENT | PAUL KALUNGI | “If you ever wish to understand anything, study its birth and its development”. So if you want to understand Bizonto’s drama on the current government in power, rather than reading the day’s headlines, study its development and evolution from FRONASA to PRA to NRA …

Full list of all Kampala boda boda stages Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When Boda Bodas resume normal service tomorrow, they will return to a new regime in Kampala that will include Motorcycle Free Zones. Boda Bodas will no longer be allowed to access many areas in Lugogo, Kololo, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY One COVID-19 DEATH: Traders, salons, boda boda now part of major experiment THE LAST WORD When enemies feed each other: Why Uganda’s pro-democracy activists get it wrong when they support radical extremist cults …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has joined world leaders in mourning Tanzania’s third President Benjamin Mkapa who passed away this week. Museveni hailed Mkapa for his role in bringing unity in Uganda and East Africa, saying his death “is a great loss for Africa.” He announced …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The long wait to return home ended last night for musician Edrisah Musuuza alias Eddy Kenzo who happily stepped back on Ugandan soil. Kenzo arrived at 3:30 a.m. aboard a special Uganda Airlines flight, with 64 others from Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire. He …

  Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tribal conflicts threaten the success of the National Resistance Movement –NRM Party primaries in Tororo district, eastern Uganda. The multi-ethnic district is currently has two offices for the NRM party, one for the people of Tororo county, majority of them with Teso lineage …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Tanzanian President Benjamin William Mkapa, 81, has died at a Dar Es Salaam hospital. President John Magufuli announced the death of Tanzania’s third president Mkapa last night. Mkapa was Tanzania’s president from 1995-2005. One of the first world leaders to send a condolence …