As nations strive to ensure that no one is left behind, Africa’s digital ID revolution is transforming governance, financial inclusion, and civic participation, helping identify the millions who still lack access to critical formal services SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | African governments are racing to bring the “invisible millions” …
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Five things you should know about Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, one of Africa’s greatest writers of all time COMMENT | PETER KIMANI | One of Africa’s most celebrated authors Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has passed away. The Kenyan writer and academic was 87 years old. Having published his first novel – Weep Not Child …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has shifted the timelines for the possible flow of oil and gas being developed in the Albertine Graben. The timelines have been shifting due to a delay in putting in key infrastructure like the refinery and the East African crude oil pipeline, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For the seventh time, Vipers have been crowned UPL champions, lifting the 2024/25 league trophy in front of their own fans at St. Mary’s Stadium, Kitende May 24th. Vipers become the first side to get their hands on the revamped trophy, which was officially revealed …
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Group K France Chile Canada Uganda 🇺🇬 Doha, Qatar | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been drawn against France, Canada and Chile at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar in November. The draw for the newly expanded FIFA U-17 World Cup that will feature 48 nations for the first time was …
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Navigating growth ambitions amid debt rising for the FY 2025/26 COVER STORY | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s Parliament has approved a national budget of Shs72.4 trillion (approximately US$20 billion) for the fiscal year 2025/2026 (July-June), marking a slight increase from the previous year’s Shs72.1 trillion. Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija is set …
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The Uganda High Commission in Dar takes off with ID registration as it hosts first diaspora convention in Tanzania to bolster national transformation Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans in Dar es Salaam have become the first diaspora community to register for and renew national identification cards …
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Mutukula, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agora Centre for Research has confirmed that their director, Agather Atuhaire, who has since Monday been held by Tanzanian officials, has been found this morning alive at the Uganda-Tanzania border. “We are relieved to inform the public that she has been found. She was abandoned at the …
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SACRAMENTO, the United States | Xinhua | U.S. President Donald Trump confronted visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with conspiracy theories on “white genocide” in South Africa, which Ramaphosa firmly denied. During their meeting in the Oval Office, Trump accused South Africa of “white genocide” and unfair land …
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President Museveni hails Parliament for passing the UPDF AmendmentBbill, says clean politics and peace have transformed Uganda Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has congratulated members of Parliament for passing the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Amendment Bill, 2025. “I want to congratulate the Members …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
