Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four dynamic young innovators from Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria have been crowned winners of the 2025 AYuTe NextGen competition, a continental platform for youth-led agricultural technology innovations, hosted by Heifer International in Kampala, Uganda. The annual event, themed “AgTech Generation Rising”, gathered Africa’s young …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has been tightened in and around the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission headquarters in Kyadondo, Kampala, as the ruling party begins nominating candidates for parliamentary and local government positions ahead of its internal elections slated for July 16, 2025. Hundreds of supporters thronged …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NCBA Bank Uganda has been officially announced as the platinum sponsor of the 4th edition of Auto Show Kampala, scheduled to take place on July 12 and 13 at the Kololo Independence Grounds. The announcement was made during a press conference held at NCBA’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni’s brother, Gen Caleb Akandwano aka Salim Saleh has called for candidate debate about the land question in Uganda. He notes that the current conflicts in Acholi and parts of the country. Saleh, who is the Chair of the Uganda Development notes …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | At least a dozen people, mostly university students, were arrested on Wednesday morning during a peaceful protest against the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project near Lugogo Bypass in Nakawa Division, Kampala. The demonstrators, reportedly members of the Students Against EACOP movement, had …
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The fibre route not only reduces the distance and latency between Uganda and global networks but also introduces greater redundancy to Uganda’s connectivity infrastructure Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bayobab Uganda, the digital infrastructure arm of MTN Group, has unveiled a major fibre optic route connecting Kampala to Malaba, marking …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Bayobab Uganda, the digital infrastructure division of MTN Group, officially launched a significant new fibre optic route utilising the Uganda Railway corridor between Kampala and Malaba. Hailed as the shortest and fastest connection, the Uganda Railway National Long Distance (NLD) route spans 260 kilometres, …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Behind the ongoing joint operations by police and Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to remove begging children from city streets lies a darker, more disturbing reality — a network of traffickers exploiting vulnerable, disabled children from neighboring countries for profit. One of the victims …
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NAPAK, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Despite efforts by authorities to rescue and repatriate street children, Napak District is once again grappling with an alarming return of children to the streets of Kampala. Last year, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) rescued over 500 children under the Kampala Capital City Child …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Retailers in and around Kampala have blamed the continued presence of counterfeit and substandard products in their stores on the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). This comes as the standards monitoring body moves to engage the private sector on how best to curb …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
