Kenya’s border with Somalia will re-open in April almost 15 years after it shut because of attacks by Islamist militant group ...

Senior Five first term will begin on Thursday, March 5, 2026, the Ministry of Education and Sports has confirmed. The ...

The government’s flagship cost-cutting reform, the Rationalisation of Government Agencies and Public Expenditure (RAPEX), has ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank Uganda has strengthened its internal capacity to attract new clients and ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | History and Political Education emerged as the weakest-performed subject in the 2025 ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Detectives at Nateete Police Division were left stunned by the chilling details of a ...

Eight people, including a journalist, have been confirmed dead following a fatal road crash that occurred on Friday evening at Kibega 1 Village along the Mbarara-Lyantonde Highway. The accident ...

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Watu has announced that Watu Shule, its motorcycle rider training and licensing programme, has surpassed 10,000 enrolments and has officially expanded operations to ...

More candidates attained a C grade and above in the 2025 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations than in 2024, signalling improved application of knowledge and skills to real-life ...

African sugar giant once courted by Tanzania’s Kagera Sugar and heralded as a possible triumph of a continental sugar business spanning East and South Africa is heading for liquidation. Kagera Sugar ...

On Thursday, February 5, 2026 the minister for Kampala, Minsa Kabanda, addressed journalists at Uganda Media Centre, briefing them about the new trade order, available workspaces in public markets for ...

Pearl Bank’s Partnership with World Vision Set to Rehabilitate Water Sources in Kamwenge for Long-Term Sustainability Kamwenge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Pearl Bank (formerly PostBank Uganda), World ...