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The Judiciary of Uganda has released its National Court Case Census 2025 Report, which shows that courts across the country are grappling with a total of 167,353 pending cases at all levels. Chief Justice, Flavian Zeija launching the Report on Wednesday. The High Court bears the greatest burden, with 70,006 unresolved cases, followed by the Chief Magistrates’ Courts, which have …

Auditor General Edward Akol Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s flagship poverty eradication programme, the Parish Development Model (PDM), is struggling with deep structural and governance failures despite absorbing trillions of Shillings in public funds, Auditor General Edward Akol has revealed. In his December audit report to Parliament, Akol notes that although the government has invested 3.38 trillion Shillings …

ED Dan Odongo Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has attributed the high failure rates in Social Studies to teachers’ slow adoption of competency-based teaching methods. According to the 2025 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) results, Social Studies and Religious Education emerged as the worst-performing subjects, despite stronger outcomes in previous years. Thirteen per cent …

Ministers of Education and sports and UNEB officials at the official release of the PLE results Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has brought back to the table its long-standing proposal to abolish the aggregate-based grading system for the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), in a decisive move aimed at dismantling one of the leading …

Auditor General, Edward Akol, on Thursday unveiled the 202425 Annual Audit Report to Parliament Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPEDENT | The Auditor General, Edward Akol, on Thursday presented the 2024/25 Annual Audit Report to Parliament. The report handed to the Speaker of Parliament, Annitah Annet Among, highlights major procurement irregularities and flaws in the Parish Development Model (PDM). Akol revealed …

Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers capture a White Rhine for translocation to Ajai in West Nile Madi Okollo, uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For Boniface Kadabara, CEO of West Nile Birding and Safari, the news couldn’t have come at a better time. As he watches the early morning sun filter through Ajai Wildlife Reserve, Kadabara envisions a new era for tourism …

MTN MoMo MD, Richard Yego Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mobile Money platform operators are demanding for government intervention in the industry’s challenges to ensure that the services are affordable, both to the customers and the companies. Mobile money services are considered more expensive than in other markets in the regions particularly Kenya and Rwanda, and this has been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Incumbent Kawempe Division Mayor and National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Emmanuel Sserunjogi has retained his seat with an overwhelming win, polling 23,715 votes. Sserunjogi defeated his closest rival, Farouk Swimpo Bulime of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), who garnered 18,483 votes. Former Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Latif Ssebaggala Sengendo, running as an independent, came third …

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people in Ghana are targeted online by criminal gangs. A screen grab from a social media video allegedly showing a gay person who was attacked in Ghana. (Photo courtesy of The Guardian) The Guardian reports: By Carlotta Dotto and Kwaku Krobea Asante When a friend introduced Delali* to the dating app Grindr, she was wary. The 25-year-old …

Members of Parliament engaged with the Electoral Commission during a live demonstration of the Biometric Voter Verification Kit (BVVK). Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs to present statement on the failure of the biometric voter verification kits (BVVKs) during January 2026 general elections. The Deputy Speaker …