15 May 2025 Uganda’s agricultural exports risk being banned on the international market after the European Union listed a total of 14 agro chemicals being used by Ugandan farmers but are set to be banned in Europe. The agro chemicals that the EU has listed …
Nyombi Thembo right with Soumendra Sahu, at the handover. PHOTO URN KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda has contributed UGX 37.9 billion to the Uganda Communications Universal Service and Access Fund (UCUSAF), marking a significant boost to …
A military attack helicopter with a Ugandan flag hovers in the air. [Photo: Courtesy]JUBA – Uganda has come under serious scrutiny as Amnesty International urges the United Nations Security Council to renew the arms embargo on South Sudan amid renewed …
Liberals are furious that President Trump is admitting refugees who are actually being persecuted because of their race, as opposed to our usual policy, which is to admit poverty-stricken illiterates from totally dissonant cultures who will need government …
The Ugandan government has introduced a bill in parliament that would allow military tribunals to prosecute civilians, months after the country’s Supreme Court ruled the practice unconstitutional. The top court’s January verdict forced the government to …
Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) used a recent school debate event to encourage the massive participation of young people in the national ID card registration campaign scheduled to start on May 27. The debate, which …
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has announced a significant contribution of approximately Shs 50.55 billion to the Uganda Communications Commission’s Universal Service and Access Fund (UCUSAF). This marks the company’s largest annual …
By the age of six, Babirye Zainab had already contracted malaria several times. Her grandmother did not see it as a big problem though. “I would treat her with antimalarials and she would be all right,” she says. But then she developed a fever and started …
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Vivo Energy Uganda, the company distributing Shell-branded fuels and lubricants, continued its ‘Omunene W’ekkubo’ campaign by rewarding 30 drivers in the fifth weekly draw. The event, held at the New Taxi Park on Friday, …
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