Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda has signed a cooperation agreement with Denmark to strengthen the country’s statistical systems and improve the production and use of official data for planning, policymaking and the green transition. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics …
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The science and suspicion behind Uganda’s travel restrictions SPECIAL REPORT | Uganda’s Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was officially declared over in August. Yet the United States and Canada continue to enforce restrictions affecting travellers linked to Uganda. The measures raise questions about public-health risk, economic costs and the …
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Mogadishu, Somalia | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda’s exports to Somalia more than doubled in a year, but government officials say businesses in both countries are still using only a small part of the market. Exports from Uganda to Somalia rose from sh11.4b ($2.75m) in 2023 to sh28b ($6.78m) in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ICT Ministry has launched Uganda’s National Data Strategy 2026/27–2030/31, describing the document as more than a policy paper. It is “a shared national direction for managing, protecting, sharing and using data to drive development,” the ministry said in a statement. The strategy, …
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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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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 | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | In the heart of Uganda’s capital, where the hustle of the central business district meets the digital aspirations of a new generation, Andrew Kasi stands as a beacon of self-made success. Known to the world as 256 Genuine Gadgets Kampala, TikTok handle 256_genuine_gadgets_kla. …
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Businessman Kimuli Urges Uganda Govt to Attract Italian Investors at Uganda–Italy Business Summit Rome, Italy | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Ugandan businessman Louis Kimuli has urged the government to attract Italian investors into coffee processing, manufacturing and mineral beneficiation, saying Uganda must move beyond exporting raw materials and …
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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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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
