Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM Electoral Commission will issue voter location slips in the party primaries. According to the party’s Electoral Commission Chairperson, Dr Tanga Odoi, the voter slips will help them organize a peaceful election free from masqueraders who have been interfering in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, has officially confirmed that eight Members of Parliament have changed their political party affiliations.  The announcement came Thursday during a special parliamentary sitting at Kololo Independence Grounds, held just before President Yoweri Museveni delivered the State of the …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has assured Ugandans that the country is now unstoppable in terms of economic growth and socioeconomic transformation and will in the next five years be a 500 billion dollar economy. “What I have said in this long speech is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  In fulfillment of the constitutional requirement, under Article 101 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni on June 5th delivered the State of the Nation. This was at parliament sitting at Kololo Independence grounds. ***** Ladies and Gentlemen. In …

Trump said the United States will honor the one-China policy. BEIJING | Xinhua |  Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that dialogue and cooperation are the only correct choice for China and the United States. In the phone talks initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump, Xi said that recalibrating …

Toxic. Clingy. Everywhere. Uganda needs to break up with plastic! COMMENT | Sarah Musumba | Once upon a dusty Saturday in Kampala, a Fuso truck rumbles past, stacked high with buveera (plastic paper bags), water containers, soda bottles, and jerry cans. Now imagine 120 of those rolling in every single …

At Centenary Bank, monitoring and recycling our solid waste is at the top of our sustainability agenda to ensure our waste is repurposed or properly disposed of to avoid polluting the environment. COMMENT | EMMANUEL OTUKO | This year’s theme for World Environment Day 2025 – “Beat Plastic Pollution” is …

COMMENT | REGINA ASINDE |  Today, June 5, 2025, the world will come together to mark World Environment Day under the critical theme “End Plastic Pollution.” This year’s call is not just to observe but to act boldly, urgently, and together. The plastic crisis is no longer an invisible threat—it is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In yet another move to empower riders nationwide, the BodaBoda Riders Cooperative Union on Wednesday unleashed several products to empower members that use the ride-hailing app, Union App. At a colorful event at Garden City in Kampala, Uganda’s top boda-boda cooperative officially launched Union …

Worldwide, teenage pregnancy continues to derail the futures of thousands of girls each year, cutting short their education, straining family ties, and pushing many into early marriage or economic hardship. Yet, amid the statistics and stigma, stories of resilience and support are emerging. From Lagos to Lilongwe and from Nairobi …