The Independent (Uganda) Headlines Today

China’s innovation dynamism becomes global magnet

Contrast between Uganda’s growth and people’s poverty worries World Bank

Uganda’s Isaac Khisa writes his way to Africa’s top insurance prize

Veteran journalist Joe Nam shot dead

As ceasefire nears expiry, what divides Iran and U.S.?

Uganda’s export earnings surge 63% driven by gold, coffee

VP Alupo presides over pass out of 1,200 recruit prison warders

Trump has made the case for International Law

Alupo flags off AMDA caravan as outreach targets underserved Sheema communities

BANKERS: Sovereignty Bill will undermine investment and stall economic growth

Supreme Court honours Chief Justice Emeritus Owiny-Dollo

Bobi Wine receives Heroes of Democracy Award in New York

IGG’s impromptu field visits rattling Uganda’s corrupt cartels

Schools tighten access rules after Ggaba Daycare horror

Private sector warns more tax reforms could stall investment

Justice Kiryabwire urges internal Auditors to ease court backlog

What to know about Strait of Hormuz reopening?

Psychiatrists rule out mental illness, suggest quest for riches in Ggaba killings

Tragedy is reborn as hope

Civil Society groups urge MPs to reject Sovereignty Bill

Macron says Iran’s announcement of reopening Strait of Hormuz goes in right direction

Lenacapavir HIV prep- injectable drug launched in Lira

Title decider in Premier League this weekend

Uganda engages World Bank, IMF on development policy

From Kampala streets to social impact: Bash Luks redefines Uganda’s creative industry

Back At The Helm: Nsubuga returns to URBRA for a second tenure

A look back at six terms of Museveni’s presidency

Global brands view China as indispensable market to expand business

China’s manufacturing sector remains resilient in volatile world

SGBV survivors still struggle to access justice

Rwanda pledges to take over SGR at Ugandan border

Uganda eyes Dutch expertise in genetics and greenhouse tech to drive industrialization

Foreign Affairs minister Gen Jeje Odongo in Turkey

Banks relying on economic growth, but Iran war still a threat

Kenya’s record fuel hike amid Middle East conflict squeezes livelihoods

Gen. Muhoozi takes over road contracts

Trump says Israel, Lebanon leaders to visit White House over “next week or two”

UDC to take 82% of Trade ministry budget

Absa Bank Uganda unveils School Greening drive to address climate pressures in Northern Uganda

A jack of all trades, or just surviving?

IGG warns officials on non-compliance to Wealth Declaration

Karamoja leaders demand wider iron sheets prosecutions after Nandutu sentencing

Assassination attempt foiled against President of Madagascar

South African opposition politician Malema sentenced to 5 years in prison

Mbarara High Court Dismisses Rukaari’s Electoral Petition

Govt to roll out use of lenacapavir anti-HIV injection on Friday

Parliament pushes through critical bills before swearing-in

UPPC targets digital economy with new high demand technical courses

Uganda loses $269 million annually to malaria

African Leagues Launch Gives Continental Football a Betting-Worthy Shake-Up

A Farmer’s Turning Point: Olobo’s story with dfcu Bank and the Best Farmers Awards

Gov’t to inject Shs905 billion into AFCON preparations

The geography of power and the price of ignorance

NRM-O retreat at Kyankwanzi amid America’s renewed geopolitical contest for the moon

NUP’s Kadondi sworn in as Makerere Guild President

Bayern comes through Real Madrid thriller to face PSG

What is happening after U.S. “blockades” Strait of Hormuz?

Uganda introduces sovereignty bill to regulate foreign influence

MPs question army attire at MPs-elect training in Kyankwanzi

ULS condemns their obstruction at Ggaba Mobile High Court session

Government bans 500 pornography sites

Trump says Iran war “very close to being over”

Okello collapses as witness linked him to Ggaba child killings

Teenage pregnancy at 34% in Kanara Subcounty in Ntoroko

Man jailed 40 years for killing ENT doctor

Millions in Uganda trapped in poverty beyond pay

‘Businesses Could Not Drift’: Molly Katanga outlines stewardship of family empire

Uganda spends beyond its means to keep growth alive

Manufacturers, traders ask gov’t to stay tax increases

New tax proposals could hit the poor and small firms

Uganda pours billions into its urban future

Pearl Bank records Sh47.3 billion profit after tax

Returning humans to the Moon

Women’s rights are trade rights

Uganda to launch first national IP peering exchange to boost data efficiency

Gov’t refuses to reduce tax on mobile money

Kabale residents protest three-month power blackout

School of Research to be opened at Kyankwanzi in Gen Saleh’s honour

Phase II Construction of Ntenjeru–Bule road project commences

When fools go to war

Human-like social split identified behind chimpanzee deaths in Uganda’s Kibale Park

Kyankwanzi, Tenfold Growth Strategy and two things the 2026–2031 government should focus on

U.S. blockade of Strait of Hormuz: Sustainability and consequences

Training farms drive a new poultry economy in Eastern Uganda

Kyankwanzi lecture puts governance model at centre of economic debate

Virunga surveillance push targets zoonotic spillover risks

Daycare attendant recounts horrific sequence of Ggaba toddler murders

IGG orders Jinja Southern Division Mayor to refund funds

POLICE: No cattle theft in Karamoja; only cattle rustling

High Court judicial review orders cannot be appealed

Uganda’s tax crossroads

Energy crisis strengthens case for green transition

Retirement should bring peace, not financial fear

The menace of roaming herdsmen and the need for firm policies to end it

A bad deal today means a bigger war tomorrow

Nsereko and Mugisha shine as Kagombe-Atukunda advance to Rd 3 at Stanbic Bank Match Play Challenge

ULS condemns ‘selective justice’ in Uganda’s criminal system

Uganda Aquatics, USF should explain gala irregularities

IDF preparing to resume hostilities after inconclusive Iran-US talks

Trump says Pope Leo XIV elected only thanks to him