Tag Archives: Uganda

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from Karamoja and Turkana of Kenya are advocating for peaceful coexistence and unity among the Ateker communities. This comes at a time when security forces are implementing President Museveni’s executive order number 3, to flash out all the Turkana pastoralists grazing in the Karamoja …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lionel Zinsou, a former Prime Minister of Benin, is set to undertake the evaluation of the land compensation processes carried out by TotalEnergies Exploration and Production in Uganda and Tanzania. The land acquisition paved the way for the development of the Tilenga oil and gas …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The language of instruction in lower primary is emerging as a contentious subject before the Education Policy Review Commission-EPRC. In one of the last public hearings of the commission, the Acholi parliamentary group joined the dissent against the current policy of using local language …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In September, the East Africa Pamoja consortium, comprising Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, was awarded the privilege of hosting the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations. The announcement was made by Patrice Motsepe, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt. The three …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The value of foreign direct Investments (FDI) into Uganda grew by almost 80 percent in 2022, the bulk of the money going into oil and gas and related activities, this is according to the latest joint government report. The survey conducted by the Bank of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The number 6 most read story on The Independent website in 2023 was State Minister Engola shot dead by bodyguard in Kampala. State Minister Engola shot dead by bodyguard in Kampala Share on: WhatsApp

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s 3,000-meter steeplechase Champion Benjamin Kiplagat has died. Kiplagat was found dead on Saturday in Eldoret, Kenya. Dominic Otuchet, the President of the Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF), confirmed Kiplangat’s death. He said that Kiplagat was attacked at 9 pm by unknown people after withdrawing money …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joint security forces in the Karamoja sub-region have escalated operations to clamp down on unregistered motorcycles as part of measures to enhance security ahead of the Christmas season. Given Karamoja’s proximity to the Uganda-Kenya border, authorities perceive the region to be susceptible to security risks. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Solar solutions company d.light is set to help government expand access to clean and affordable solar energy across homes, businesses, and public institutions lacking reliable energy sources in Uganda in a new $148milion grant deal. A global provider of solar solutions and financial access for …

Winning the war of tariff affordability and losing the war of sustainability of electricity sub-sector COMMMENT | HARRISON MUTIKANGA | A decade after Andrew Mwenda’s article, “Electricity cost going up 40%: but who benefits most from subsidies to UMEME?” in the Independent (Issue No.196 January 13-19, 2012), the details of electricity …