NEWS ANALYSIS

  As late as the early nineties, railway waggons could be rolled onto ferries and carried across Lake Victoria to Mwanza in Tanzania and Kisumu in Kenya, where cargo rejoined the railway systems leading to Dar es Salaam and Mombasa.  The lake was, in effect, part of Uganda’s railway   Kampala, …

  The race, the rangers and the cost of protecting Uganda’s wild places   SPECIAL REPORT | RONALD MUSOKE | At around six o’clock on the morning of September 19, as the first orange light of the sun began to spread across the savannah in the northern sector of Murchison Falls …

  Beneficiaries should be able to evaluate NPO performance and influence service delivery   SPECIAL REPORT | WAYNE VAN ZIJL |  Imagine being asked to prepare monthly reports that all demand their own classifications, measurement bases and templates. This is the reality that nonprofit organisations (NPOs) face across the world. …

    SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | For a teacher putting aside part of a monthly salary, a young professional making the first serious savings of their career, a couple building a business or a group of friends contributing to an investment club, wealth can feel like something that …

    The pension fund has declared an interest rate of 22.53 percent for the financial year 2025/26, translating into Sh5.44 trillion   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s biggest pool of long-term domestic savings has delivered its strongest return yet, putting the National Social Security Fund at the …

    The succession has exposed the uneasy meeting of tradition, family and modern law   COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The royal palace in Fort Portal is preparing to receive a new occupant. At Karuziika Palace, preparations are under way for the installation of Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma …

  Kenya’s electric motorcycle boom is pulling women into the repair, battery and fleet jobs needed to keep the new vehicles on the road.   SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Irene Wali wants more women under the bonnet. At her Chixz Auto Garage and Services, women are trained to …

  How the Aringa Used to Prepare Young People for Adulthood And What Today’s Generation Can Learn   Yumbe, Uganda | FEATURE | During the Koi Koi Fireside Conversation organised by the Protect SRHR consortium of IRC, World Vision, Reach A Hand Africa and Humanity & Inclusion in Yumbe on 25th …

  Masindi, Uganda | SPECIAL FEATURE | Long before beekeeping became a livelihood opportunity in his community, 73-year-old Sabiiti Mbabazi had already developed a deep love for farming and tree planting. As a retired civil servant with 37 years of government service, Mbabazi returned to his farm after retirement, but …

    MPs, civial society, cultural and religious leaders pledge to use local structures to mobilise parents as government launches nationwide catch-up campaign, October 1–5   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Members of Parliament, cultural leaders led by the Buganda Kingdom, civil society organisations and religious leaders …