Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Police Professional Standards Unit has warned police officers against taking internal grievances to social media in search of justice or public sympathy, saying such actions breach police discipline and can expose officers to further disciplinary action. SSP Joseph Kirabo, the PSU Commander for Kampala …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Only 737 traders have been verified as genuine victims of the floods that devastated several buildings and arcades in Kampala in October 2025 and are now set to share the 20 billion shillings relief fund pledged by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The Internal Security Organisation (ISO) …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The National Social Security Fund recorded an 85 percent increase in total revenue in the financial year ended June 2026, with income rising to 6.51 trillion shillings. NSSF Managing Director Patrick Ayota attributed the growth to improved performance of the economy and the sectors and …

COMMENT | CHRISTIAN WAMAMBE | Four years ago, in September, SafeBoda made a bold move into car hailing by launching SafeCar to address a simple but increasingly important customer need. SafeBoda customers had embraced the convenience, safety and affordability of boda rides to navigate Kampala’s traffic on their way to …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has secured 113 billion shillings, equivalent to 31 million US dollars, from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) after achieving verified reductions in deforestation and forest degradation. The funding, announced at the launch of the Uganda REDD+ Results-Based Payments Project, rewards Uganda for reducing an estimated …

OPINION | AGGREY MUGANGA | In marketing, communication and advertising, we are in the business of behavior. We want people to try something, switch from one brand to another, use a service more often, recommend it to someone else or remain loyal to it. We invest heavily in understanding audiences and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Quality Chemical Industries Limited (Qcil) has called for stronger cooperation between Uganda and Nigeria to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing, strengthen regional medicine supply chains and improve access to quality-assured medicines across Africa. The call was made during the Uganda–Nigeria Business Forum and Exhibition held in …

KINSHASA, DRC | Xinhua | Ebola transmission is showing starkly different trends across affected areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the epidemic peak having passed in Ituri, the main epicenter of the outbreak, while transmission continues to rise in the eastern province of North Kivu, a …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Norbert Mao, has called for calm amid a succession dispute in the Tooro Kingdom, saying the installation of a new king cannot be considered complete until the monarch’s name is published in the Uganda Gazette. Mao says …

Adjumani, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has urged voters in Adjumani District to emulate the late General Moses Ali’s political legacy, particularly his emphasis on development, wealth creation and what he described as ideological clarity. Museveni said Ali, a long-serving political and military figure from the West Nile region, …