COMMENT | JUDITH HOPE KICOCO | Ugandans love their phones. We carry them everywhere — to work, to church, to the market, to the bathroom, even to bed. Our phones have become our diaries, our entertainment, our newsrooms, our gossip tables, our business hubs, and sometimes our emotional support systems. …
Read More »CDF SPOKESMAN: NMG pledges more patriotic and balanced journalism
Entebbe, Uganda | URN | Col Chris Magezi, the military assistant to the Chief of Defence Forces UPDF, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has released a statement, indicating that Nation Media Group (NMG) management is “committing to adopting a more patriotic, balanced, and objective approach to their journalism moving forward.” In his statement, …
Read More »Premium brands turn to exclusive experiences to court Uganda’s business elite
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Premium beverage brands are increasingly shifting from traditional marketing to curated, invitation-only experiences as they seek to strengthen relationships with Uganda’s growing class of high-net-worth consumers. The latest example played out over the weekend when Johnnie Walker Blue Label hosted an exclusive whisky experience …
Read More »🔴 Anthony Natif notes from Court: Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and Others July 01/2026
Throw out the entire DNA report; Forensic expert advises court SPECIAL REPORT | ANTHONY NATIF | As recorded in the case Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and adapted from @TonyNatif on X. **** In a rather dramatic turn, the DNA forensic expert told Justice Rosette Comfort Kania earlier today that …
Read More »Matembe granted bail
“I am a simple human being entitled to give justice to all people of Uganda. I owe allegiance to Uganda. I am a judicial officer, a Catholic by religion and aged 45 years. God help me in the decision I am about to deliver,” Atim said before reading her …
Read More »Reach A Hand Africa boosts Kasese health facilities with medical equipment worth Shs137m
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Reach A Hand Africa (RAHA) has through the U Decide Kasese-Bunyangabu (KB) Project, donated and handed over medical equipment worth Shs137 million to 15 health facilities in Kasese and Bunyangabu districts, including renovation of family planning rooms at the health facilities in the …
Read More »Can AI stop mass fish deaths on Lake Victoria?
DUNGA BEACH, Kenya | DAVIS J WEDDI – SciDev.Net | For years, fish farmers at Dunga Beach, along Kenya’s stretch of Lake Victoria, lived with a dread that never really left them. They could end one day looking out at cages packed with healthy tilapia and begin the next …
Read More »Trump’s art of the deal Part 2
The strategic implications of America’s capitulation to Iran and lessons for the Russia-Ukraine conflict THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Paragraph 8 says the two parties also agree to discuss the issue of Iran’s uranium enrichment and other mutually agreed matters related to the “Islamic Republic of …
Read More »Sectarianism Charge: Miria Matembe remanded to Luzira
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Luzira Chief Magistrates Court has remanded former Minister for Ethics and Integrity Miria Matembe to Luzira Prison on charges of promoting sectarianism. The 73-year-old appeared before Grade One Magistrate Sheilah Gloria Atim on Tuesday evening and was remanded until Wednesday, July 1, 2026, when …
Read More »Trump’s Un-American capitalism
The current US administration’s openly corrupt style of crony capitalism is the antithesis of the institutional foundation on which the US economy was built COMMENT | JOSEPH E STIGLITZ | President Donald Trump claims that electing “socialist” Democrats would put the United States on the path to becoming Venezuela …
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