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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Division of the High Court in Kampala dismissed an application in which State Minister for Karamoja, Agnes Nandutu sought to have her trial over Karamoja iron sheets saga halted. On Monday, Lady Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga said there is nothing for interpretation and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has called for the sacking of town clerks, saying that at the moment they are doing nothing. Lukwago made the call during the state-on-city address where he highlighted challenges in the various sectors and critical interventions that need to be …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ugandan army, UPDF finally regained full control of the forward operating base in Buulo Mareer, approximately 120km southwest of Mogadishu in Lower Shabelle region which had been overran by Al Shabaab militants last week. The UPDF also uprooted the militants from the nearby …

How Uganda became anti-homosexual champion of the world COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Without downplaying the anxiety over economic and other sanctions by the West over Uganda’s recent passing of the amended Anti-homosexuality law, in a surprising twist, a major fall-out might not be local but international as sexual rights …

Why UPDF, the AU and Western powers should let Al Shabab take over power in Somalia THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week, Al Shabab militants made a devastating attack on a UPDF base in Somalia. They claimed to have killed 138 of our soldiers and taken many more hostage. …

Commander issues tough orders in area of recent attack in which UPDF were killed Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | A few days since arriving in Bulo Mareer, the southeastern town 120 km away from the capital Mogadishu that was the scene of a deadly attack on an African Union Transition Mission …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | This year the Anglican Church of Uganda is celebrating Martyrs Day in a new Shs13 billion amphitheatre. The 25,000 seater amphitheater has covered stands for the pilgrims to the Martyrs’ Day worship celebrations. In Uganda, Martyrs Day is celebrated on June 3rd every year as …

Danger in West’s `human-centered’ regulating of AI, converging with China’s authoritarian model COMMENT | ROBERT SKIDELSKY | With investors pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence-related startups, the generative AI frenzy is beginning to look like a speculative bubble akin to the Dutch tulip mania of the 1630s and the South …

The exhibition Recycling and Environmental sustainability suggests the need to preserve the environment and humanity Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | There’s no doubt that Tusiime Mathias as an artist continues to make heads roll on the Uganda Contemporary Art scene. His latest Solo exhibition Recycling and Environmental Sustainability has further …

AI will substantially impact fundamental rights and freedoms, relationships, and dearly held beliefs COMMENT | MANUEL MUNIZ & SAMIR SARAN | Future historians may well mark the second half of March 2023 as the moment when the era of artificial intelligence truly began. In the space of just two weeks, the …