The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has emphasised the need for compensation for persons subjected to gross violations of their rights.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the General Court Martial (GCM) has no jurisdiction to try civilians, declaring its involvement in such cases unconstitutional.

All is set for the long-awaited ruling on whether military courts can try civilians, despite a technical glitch at the Supreme Court in Kampala city.The justices have had to leave the chambers after ...

Supreme Court Rules Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Supreme Court has put to rest the debate on whether ...

Parliament has today approved the Budget Framework Paper for the 2025/2026 financial year, amounting to Shs57.4 trillion, despite concerns that it contradicts the National Development Plan ...

Worries are looming over the failure of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics to submit the final results from the 2024 Census to the Electoral Commission for demarcating voting areas ahead of the ...

State Minister for Finance Henry Musasizi reassured Parliament that the government would not introduce new tax bills in the upcoming financial year, instead focusing on improving tax administration to ...

Elections are held in Uganda, but they are usually a sham. Museveni is always assured of victory as he appoints the people ...

Brig Gen Oluka has been serving as the Director General of Uganda's Internal Security Organisation (ISO) since 2020 ...

The shadow Finance minister Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has raised alarm over Uganda’s escalating public debt, warning that the government’s spending priorities are worsening the country’s financial ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it has deployed an emergency medical team to help Uganda fight a deadly Ebola outbreak that killed a health worker in Kampala, the Ugandan ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission (EC) has revealed that it is using the 2014 National Census data to update the national voters’ register ahead of the 2026 general ...