Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has come out to clarify that “Uganda’s free flow of investment and remittances will not be affected” by the proposed Sovereignty Bill. The bill has faced a storm over its reach, with the Bank of Uganda and the Uganda Bankers Association …

  As Congolese philosopher Valentin-Yves Mudimbe famously argued, Africa has often been constructed as an object of knowledge rather than a subject producing it   ARTS | CHRISTOPHE PREMAT | Who counts as an intellectual? In many traditions, the figure of the intellectual is tied to the search for truth, social critique …

As crises become more complex, less predictable, and increasingly intertwined, the global system is no longer anchored by shared rules and norms   COMMENT | MARK LEONARD | The US-Israeli strike that killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and launched the United States’ most consequential Middle Eastern adventure since …

  Here is what it will take for Ugandans to save for investment, rather than emergencies   COMMENT | DIPHUS TUGUME | There has been an ongoing discussion about how to raise Uganda’s savings ratio from 19.3% of GDP in FY2023/24 to about 22.89% by FY2029/30. According to the Ugandan government’s …

Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |  Ambassador Col. (Rtd.) Fred Mwesigye, Uganda’s High Commissioner to Tanzania, has called for the urgent alignment of policies between East African nations to solidify the regional energy corridor and ensure First Oil serves as a catalyst for industrialization. Speaking Wednesday during the 11th Oil …

  Mbarara, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Eight people were killed early Saturday in a crash along the Mbarara – Bushenyi – Ishaka road, sharpening calls from drivers and officials for stricter traffic controls and an urgent return of automated traffic enforcement as Uganda’s road death toll rises. The accident occurred …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU) has published its latest register of licensed accounting firms and practitioners for 2026, while warning the public against using unqualified service providers. The updated register shows 275 approved accounting firms, representing a 4% increase compared …

  Investing in frontline health workers is essential to preserving the vital medical safety net that keeps refugee women and girls alive   COMMENT | KRISTINE BLOKHUS | When a sudden flash flood in Northern Uganda’s Lamwo District submerged the road, 28-year-old midwife Alice found her ambulance and life-saving medical supplies stranded …

    Although African countries have made commendable progress in establishing human and animal health reporting platforms, these systems still operate largely in silos   COMMENT | DR SAMUEL KAHARIRI |  What comes to mind when you think about public health threats? Perhaps you picture hospital wards, busy emergency rooms, …

Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT |  The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa is confident that oil production will no doubt unlock Uganda’s full economic potential. He said the petroleum sector is a strategic catalyst for the country’s tenfold growth ambition from a $50 billion economy to $500 billion by 2040 …