✳ UPC Aguti 23,044 ✳ NRM Adongo 14,001 ✳ FDC Ogwal 8,168 ✳ Ind Akullo 790 ✳ NUP Ageno 727 ✳ Ind Alao 439 Dokolo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Sarah Aguti of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party, is the new District Woman Member of Parliament for Dokolo, according …
Read More »Why all across Africa, citizens view police as ‘most corrupt’
Uganda Police Force less trusted and one of the most corrupt on the continent COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | For every two citizens across Africa, one thinks “most” or “all” police officials in their country are corrupt, according to the latest round of continent-wide surveys done by Afrobarometer, a pan-African, …
Read More »End of an era: IGP Okoth Ochola’s legacy and the road ahead
The tenure of the long serving police officer reveals the complexities of reform, power dynamics, and the ongoing struggle for security in a rapidly changing nation COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | When Martin Okoth Ochola was appointed Inspector General of Police six years ago, there was some relief from the …
Read More »UACE RESULTS: 73% qualify for university admission
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the results for the 2023 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examination with 80,643 students meeting the criteria for admission into university degree programs. University admissions to degree courses in Uganda have, up to date, have …
Read More »Is speaker Anita Among a victim of a political witch hunt?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Publicist Chris Obore has hit back at allegations of graft at Parliament, saying they are aimed at bringing down the Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among. Obore, who doubles as the Director of Public Affairs, has accused activisits of the Agora Discourse group, saying …
Read More »Okoth-Ochola hands over, awaits President’s decision
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Martin Okoth-Ochola,65, has handed over office, as he awaits President Yoweri Museveni’s decision on a new Inspector General of Police. “Prior to this occasion, on 3rd January 2024, I wrote to the Honorable Minister of Internal Affairs/Chairman Police Authority requesting to conclude my tour …
Read More »Latest from Kony case at the ICC
New moves in hunt for LRA warlord COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | At 63 years of age, Joseph Kony; the commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, remains the longest running fugitive from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. But his days on the run could end …
Read More »NUP leader Kyagulanyi explains tough stand on Mpuuga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The war of words between National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, and Nyendo-Mukungwe MP Mathias Mpuuga is far from over. A few hours after the former Leader of the Opposition declined to resign over the controversial 500 million Service …
Read More »Beleaguered Mpuuga hits back at NUP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Leader of the Opposition Mathias Mpuuga has said he will not step aside as a Parliamentary Commissioner as demanded by his party National Unity Platform (NUP) following accusations of abuse of office. He has instead accused his party leaders of trying to …
Read More »Ongwen: ICC orders shs222 billion compensation to victims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has awarded a total of Euros 52.429 million approximately 222 billion Shillings in compensation to the thousands of victims of former Lord’s Resistant Army (LRA) Rebel Commander Dominic Ongwen. In a reparation decision made on Wednesday, the Judges at the …
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