NEWS ANALYSIS

  The Ugandan who helped shape the UN’s succession game now wants to win it   Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | There is a delicious piece of irony in Olara Otunnu’s surprising bid to become the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Ugandan diplomat is now preparing to campaign …

Strong revenue growth and strategic lending drive Stanbic’s strongest first-half performance   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL) has posted a 28.2% increase in net profit for the first half of 2026, highlighting the resilience of Uganda’s banking sector even as businesses continue to grapple …

  Kolawole Adeniyi has spent the past four months leading Glovo Uganda as its general manager. A trained pharmacist from Obafemi Awolowo University, he holds an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid. Before joining Glovo Uganda, he held leadership positions at Danone, Airtel and Jumia in Nigeria. He also …

  SPECIAL REPORT | For three weeks, 52 participants from different professions and backgrounds were enrolled into a course that sought to interrogate assumptions, test evidence, recognise manipulation and rethink how they engage with people around them. At their graduation on Aug.7, the first cohort of Makerere University’s Critical Thinking …

  How foreign capital is reshaping the ports, railways and logistics networks connecting East Africa to global markets and what that means for the region’s economic future    NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME  |  At Tanzania’s Indian Ocean coast, the port of Dar es Salaam is emerging as a crucial gateway …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Parliament’s Finance Committee is examining requests totalling approximately Shs30.4 billion in tax and arrears relief for threeentities:, two private firms and one state-owned mining company. The move by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has raised questions about the true price of saving …

  From Uganda’s electricity transmission network to telecommunications and financial systems, INTERPOL says Africa is facing an increasingly sophisticated cybercrime threat as criminals turn their attention to critical infrastructure, reports Ronald Musoke. On August 18, 2025, the Qilin ransomware group claimed Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) as a victim. …

  OBITUARY | HENRY MUTEBE |  When news of Alex Mukulu’s death came on August 15th, many Ugandans remembered the tough judge they had watched on Yolesa Ekitone on Bukedde Television. They remembered the blunt man who rarely massaged words, the judge who could stop a performance midway and tell …

  ALEX MUKULU EXITED THE STAGE -THE BALL IS STILL ON THE PENALTY SPOT.   OBITUARY | PATRICK OYULU | I am Patrick Oyulu, and you? “My name is Tony Kasule,” he replied. That was my introduction to my new roommate in B1-6, Lumumba Hall, Makerere University, in 1992. I was …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  An investigative look into the National Social Security Fund’s (NSSF) 2008 Temangalo land acquisition has exposed a 16-year administrative gridlock, leaving billions in workers’ savings locked out of 55 contested acres.Despite NSSF holding all six legal land titles for the 463.87-acre estate, …