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Entebbe, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | A week is a long time, even in golf. Joseph Cwinyaai was a ‘big boy’ at the Amateur Open last Saturday where he was runner-up, but today he returns to take on the ‘big boys’ when the 2024 Johnnie Walker Uganda Golf Professional Open tees off …

Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has addressed the controversy surrounding the alleged shooting of the National Unity Platform-NUP party president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, following a Thanksgiving ceremony in Bulindo, Kiira Municipality, Wakiso District. According to the police, Kyagulanyi participated in the …

Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Babiito, the ruling clan of the Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, has issued a one-week ultimatum to the Kingdom Prime Minister (Omuhikirwa), Andrew Byakutaga, to vacate his office, asserting that he is occupying it illegally. The Chief Prince (Okwir) of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Eng. Fred …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Law enforcement agencies, specifically the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), have joined forces to combat election-related crimes ahead of the 2026 general elections. Addressing a joint press conference at CID Headquarters in Kibuli on Tuesday, …

Rebecca Cheptegei, Boy Friend Hospitalized After Petrol Attack Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei is battling for her life at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital  following a domestic dispute that escalated into a petrol attack by her boyfriend Nickson Marangach. Marangach also got burnt in the attack and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 98 people were killed and 336 injured in road crashes over the past seven days, statistics from the Directorate of Traffic Police have revealed. The breakdown of fatalities includes 20 pedestrians, 34 motorcyclists, and 44 passengers, either in vehicles or on motorcycles. Motorcycle accidents …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Aggrey Mugisha, the Director of Al Bayan Media Limited, for failing to remit contributions for his employees to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). Mugisha appeared before the court on Monday afternoon, where six counts were read …

Namayanja: The results from the exams administered to teachers revealed that a lot was still desired in some teachers if learners were to pass PLE Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Secretary General of the National Resistance Movement Rosemary Namayanja has backed the LCV Chairman or administering exams to …

Kampala, Uganda | Alfred Geresom Musamali | Thousands of anxious potential shoppers have today been disappointed after waiting since morning for the reopening of China Town Super Store at the former Game Stores in Lugogo, Kampala, Uganda. A voice on megaphone announced at 1:33pm announced that the security scanners at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ruth Namuli, the new Chairperson of the Uganda Insurers Association Executive Committee has promised to build on the achievements recorded by her predecessors to deepen insurance penetration and grow the sector in general. The official handover took place during the CEO Club Cocktail held at …