The lender’s blend of loan growth, fee income, community outreach and cautious risk-taking offers a model others may struggle to emulate Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s biggest bank is in rude health. Stanbic Uganda Holdings reported a profit of Shs 278 billion for the first half of 2025, up …
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COMMENT | Olivia Nalubwama | In November 2022, the doyens of Uganda’s long-suffering scuttled opposition surprised us by coming together in a rare show of unity to highlight growing human rights violations and state repression in Uganda. Highlighting the state of dissent, the opposition held the Uganda Human Rights Accountability Conference …
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The airline is set to mark its sixth anniversary on 28 August 2025, and the development adds to the list of milestones since the carrier’s revival Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | Flag carrier Uganda Airlines has reached a technical and strategic milestone with its Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO), successfully carrying …
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Why contested redevelopment of Kampala’s critical drainage could lead to a not-smart city COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | On the morning of Monday, Aug. 18, the smartphones of many Ugandans lit up with a novel architectural design of Nakivubo Channel, one of Kampala’s most important rivers. In what …
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High-stake games for 2026 constituency slots become flashpoints NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | The red beret, once a symbol of defiant unity, is now a flashpoint in the National Unity Platform (NUP) as internal feuds threaten to unravel the party’s cohesion ahead of the 2026 elections. The most contentious …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Co-host Uganda has been eliminated in the quarterfinals of the ongoing CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Saturday. Oumar Ba netted the lone goal after 62 minutes, silencing the Ugandan fans at the Mandela National Stadium in Kampala as Senegal secured a 1-0 victory. The …
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Kyambogo University to host project on perspectives on both Ugandan and medieval literature LITERATURE | MADELINE BIRGE | When the late Ugandan scholar Pio Zirimu coined the term orature to describe the oral literary tradition of Africa, he created an opening for medieval scholars to connect sub-Saharan African oral literature to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jane Frances Acilo, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer for the Oyam District Woman Member of Parliament (MP) seat, has presented her plans for election to President Yoweri Museveni, who has given his approval. Once considered a stronghold of the Uganda People’s …
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | The Ugandan and South Sudanese armies have agreed to step up cooperation to address recurring border skirmishes, some of which have turned deadly, the Ugandan military said. Uganda’s top military chiefs met with a visiting South Sudanese delegation in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, to discuss security …
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Government starts training Ugandans in packaging industry to improve product packaging. COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE | The government of Uganda’s initiative to offer training to Ugandans in the packaging sector represents a significant advancement. The initiative—long overdue given the present state of packaging of products—introduces the first packaging training …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
