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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Bank of Uganda recorded a surplus of 1.32 trillion in the financial year 2025/26, representing a 100 per cent increase from the previous year, while boasting lower than forecast expenditure figures. ‎ ‎These results reflected budget discipline, ‎prudent expenditure management, and responsible deployment of …

  How a fraudulent young man infiltrated State House, spread and caused the President to fire many of his staff   KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATIONS TEAM | When Stephen Nuwagaba went to parliament for the first time, he was seeking an audience with the speaker, Anita Annet Among. He …

  How a crook infiltrated the highest office in Uganda and caused untold disruption   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM | Erina Kagisha is the wife of the former commander of SFC, Maj. Gen. Don Nabasa. She works in the legal department of the Office of the President at …

  How Stephen Nuwagaba has manipulated powerful individuals and extorted large sums of money from them   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM | On March 17, 2025, Gen Salim Saleh received a visitor sent to him by human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo at his residence in Gulu. The visitor …

  How a crook weaved his way into the confidence of President Yoweri Museveni and is now wreaking havoc in the security institutions of state   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM | He calls himself a brigadier general in the UPDF. He introduces himself to people as a Senior …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Insurance Industry has been advised to focus on cheap and convenient means of payment for services to boost penetration. Dr Augustus Nuwagaba, the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda, says all industries today are innovating in payments, primarily through digitisation, because the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Isaac Nuwagaba, a taxi driver operating on Entebbe Road, has shocked crime intelligence and flying squad teams by confessing to the murder of four women, whom he killed for allegedly cheating on him. Nuwagaba was tracked and arrested over the weekend from his hideout at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Cricket Association (UCA) has been hit by the sudden departure of three high-ranking officials in just two months. The most recent blow to the association was Chairman Michael Nuwagaba’s resignation over the weekend, barely a few months after his reappointment in March. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda and individuals at family levels have been cautioned against borrowing for the sake of impressing others. The cautionary call has been sounded by seasoned Makerere University Professor of Economics, Augustus Nuwagaba amidst concern about the increasing public debate. “It is …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Local Government Ministry is considering further amendments to the local government Act to introduce provisions too specific to the management of the newly created cities. In July last year, the government started operationalizing seven new cities including Hoima, Mbarara, Mbale, Gulu, Jinja, Masaka …