COMMENT | MORRISON RWAKAKAMBA | Writing recently in The Observer, Asuman Kiyingi advanced a sweeping claim: that General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, while serving as Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), is unlawfully directing a political movement through the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU). In Kiyingi’s telling, President Yoweri Museveni’s October letter …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has asked a journalist who edited and shared a misleading version of his remarks about nurses to issue a public apology. Addressing Parliament on Wednesday, Tayebwa explained that John Paul Sewaduka, a journalist accredited to Parliament …
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Masaka, Uganda | URN | The High Court in Masaka has dismissed a petition filed by National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Rose Naluboowa, challenging the vote recount and the declaration of Justine Nameere as the Masaka City Woman Member of Parliament. In his ruling, Justice Bernard Namanya noted that although …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | In the months after the January 2026 general elections, defeated candidates flooded the High Court with petitions alleging irregularities, violence, ballot stuffing and altered results. Some of these challenges have collapsed before judges ever examined the substance. Petitions and supporting affidavits have been struck …
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NEWS ANALYSIS | TINAH AKETCH | Uganda’s push to attract investment is confronting a challenge beyond financing and infrastructure: uncertainty over whether government contracts will survive parliamentary scrutiny without disruption, costly disputes or demands for cancellation. Across enquiries into expressway operations, vehicle inspections and digital number plates, Parliament …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) wants its membership reduced by half and legislators serving on the accountability committees barred from joining sectoral committees, arguing that competing parliamentary assignments are undermining audit scrutiny, constituency representation and members’ performance. Patrick Nsamba Oshabe, Chairperson of PAC Central, …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has called on the business community to embrace tax compliance, transparency and ethical practices, saying Uganda’s economic transformation depends on a strong and responsible private sector. Tayebwa made the remarks on Wednesday while speaking at the inaugural National Prayer …
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Hoima, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee on the Budget have concluded a field oversight visit to Uganda’s key petroleum development projects to assess progress, evaluate preparedness for first oil, and gain a first-hand understanding of investments being undertaken across the sector. The delegation, led …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Members of Parliament’s Committee on Physical Infrastructure, led by Chairperson Mwine Mpaka, have visited the Police Command Centre at Naguru to see first-hand how the Digital Number Plate System operates. This, days after legislators questioned whether its security and vehicle-tracking functions were delivering the intended …
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The greatest generals I know of are those who resolve problems without shooting a bullet. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The full text of Minister Gen. Kahinda Otafiire’s remarks on unity in Uganda’s Parliament on Wednesday. ***** Mr Speaker, sir, I want to take two or three …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
