Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntungamo and Kisoro municipalities have emerged among the top performers in the 2025 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) after recording zero failures, a result local leaders say is a product of deliberate and sustained collective action. According to official data, Ntungamo Municipality registered 648 candidates from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The People’s Front for Freedom has called for an independent audit of Uganda’s 2026 general elections. They accuse the Electoral Commission (EC), the military and state security agencies of presiding over what it described as an “industrial-scale electoral failure” characterised by violence, abductions and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jennifer Bamuturaki Musiime leaves Uganda Airlines with one of the two: a shamed face or a sigh of relief, following a controversial stint at the helm of the national carrier. ‎ On Monday, she circulated a message to her staff informing them of an impending …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Mobile Money (U) Limited has announced that its Managing Director, Richard Yego, will leave his position on 28th February 2026, concluding a four-year tenure. In a public statement, the Board of Directors thanked Mr. Yego for his leadership and strategic contributions to the …

Abim, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A government programme meant to rebuild lives in Karamoja has instead left communities counting losses. Approved in 2021 with nearly 40 billion shillings, the Karamoja Goat Initiative promised livestock and dignity to former cattle rustlers who had laid down their arms. In Abim District, …

Alebtong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Denis Hamson Obua, the outgoing Ajuri County Member of Parliament and Government Chief Whip, has broken political tradition by responding to electoral defeat with prayer and thanksgiving, even as critics mocked him for losing his seat. Obua lost the Ajuri County parliamentary race by a …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justine Nameere, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate, has been declared the elected Masaka City Woman Member of Parliament following a vote recount exercise. The three-day vote recount exercise, presided over by Masaka Chief Magistrate Albert Asiimwe and concluded on Sunday night, overturned the earlier …

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that if Iran does not reach a deal over its nuclear program, “we’ll find out” whether Iran’s supreme leader was correct in predicting that a U.S. attack on the country would spark a regional war. Iran’s Supreme …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For decades, Karamoja stood on the margins of Uganda’s political and economic life, defined more by insecurity, underdevelopment, and state neglect than by opportunity. Today, the sub-region remains one of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s strongest political bastions, a reality reaffirmed by the results of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A study by a team of scientists at the Uganda National Institute of Public Health reveals that most of the early cases of Mpox who sought care at private health facilities were misdiagnosed. More than half of the first confirmed patients initially sought care …