There is heightened security deployment in the city center to quell anticipated unrest related to the Anti-UPDF Amendment ...

Prosecution said the murder of Kagezi was meticulously planned by the accused persons over a lengthy period of time and was ...

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament sits today for the second reading of The Political Parties and Organisations (Amendment) Bill, 2025; and The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) ...

The Bill, as currently drafted, does precisely what the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional. It extends military ...

A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) deserter, Daniel Kisekka Kiwanuka has been jailed for 35 years after admitting to the ...

A section of Opposition Members of Parliament led by the leader of Opposition in Parliament, Joel Ssenyonyi, walked out of parliament as the UPDF Amendment Bill was being tabled in the ...

Lawyers say the UPDF Amendment Bill, 2025 could be contested in court if passed by Parliament. The bill seeks to try civilians in the court martial, among other issues. This comes as ...

Images of an armoured personnel carrier (Mamba), a war machine, parked at a polling station during the most recent Kawempe North by-election and the beating up of journalists by soldiers of the Joint ...

UPDF is set to retire more than 1300 soldiers from the ranks of Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) to Private (Pte) in July this ...

Now in his 39th year in power, President Museveni rules a state where democracy has given ...

Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango confirmed the deployment, citing intelligence reports that some ...