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Why have they become a popular tool of repression? COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The military court martial of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) that sits at Makindye in Kampala City has gained international notoriety for trying civilians. International scrutiny of the court martial has intensified since it started …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Uganda in 2025: The peril & the opportunity THE LAST WORD What 2025 portends for Uganda: The challenges and opportunity for Museveni at 80 years as he enters this important election year ANALYSIS …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Besigye’s abduction in Nairobi: What’s the Ugandan government calculating? THE LAST WORD When Saleh blew my head 2: How and why the NRM government sold Uganda’s economy to multinational capital ANALYSIS EU funds …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Independent’s Ronald Musoke emerged winner at the Uganda Conservation Media Awards gala held in Kampala on Oct 16. For his story titled, “Greatest elephant, pangolin massacre,” Musoke won the Wildlife Crime print/online category.   For the effort, he received a commemorative plaque, a certificate, …

Angola peace talks renew search for solutions COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Details about peace talks between the governments of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in the Angolan capital, Luanda, on Aug.20 remain scanty but it has not deterred pundits from insisting that without Uganda’s issues being …

Experts say that could lead to coups ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | Governments that allocate substantial resources to the military can inadvertently increase the political power of the military. “This will in turn lower both civilian control and oversight and increase the risk of an unconstitutional change of government (coups),”says Nan …

New survey shows shift away  from democratic culture COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans are growing increasingly more uninterested in elections and elected leaders and, they see little hope in the opposition providing better leadership than the current one of President Yoweri Museveni. That is the general view based on findings …

Expert say without AU force, Somali army should prepare to face hundreds of additional attacks COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The al-shabaab militia is launching more attacks on Ugandan forces than at any other African Union forces of the Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). That is according to a report …

How is that even possible? COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | As thousands of mainly youth have been holding protest across Kenya against new tax proposals made in the annual budget for FY 2024/25, the main question in Uganda has been: How is that even possible? Many Ugandans took to the …

Experts share mixed views relating to fiscal discipline, tax, growing debt COVER STORY | JULIUS BUSINGE | As Finance Minister Matia Kasaija ascended the podium at Kololo Independence Grounds on June 13 to unveil the FY2024/2025 National Budget, the air was thick with anticipation. The nation waited with bated breath, eager …