NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Embassy of Sweden has donated Sh 31 billion ($8.8 million) towards the development and adoption of reliable energy products. The funds are provided under the Inclusive Markets for Energy Efficiency in Uganda (IMEU) program that focuses on energy efficiency sector development for improved …

  Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom (BKK) has rolled out a Scholarship fund which will benefit students from Bunyoro sub region. “The fund which was approved by both the Kingdom Cabinet and Parliament (Rukurato) is hinged on the vision of enabling young people of Bunyoro access and …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of a tiny ethnic minority and civic society actors in Rwenzori Region are asking government to create an independent commission in charge of the minority tribes to take care of their prevailing challenges. Some suggest to government to consider putting up a complete …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has started the process of closing Kiteezi Landfill with a study to inform safe closure. The landfill located in Lusanja village in Wakiso district was operationalized in 1996 and upgraded to an engineered facility in 2001. But Uganda’s largest landfill …

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nile Breweries Limited-NBL, has donated sh100 million towards the construction of the Joshua Cheptegei high altitude athletes training center in Kapchorwa district. Cheptegei who commissioned construction works in 2018 says that his training facility will help young talented individuals to professionalize their athletics careers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Waswa Balunywa, the Principal Makerere University Business School, has stung Makerere university management on their failure to make the praised university impactful in the community despite the enormous resources at hand. Prof Balunywa made the remarks Thursday afternoon during a stakeholders mobilization event …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries in East and Southern Africa have agreed to make a regional law that will hold perpetrators of Female Genital Mutilation-FGM accountable across borders. This decision was taken on Thursday during the third inter-ministerial cross-border meeting for addressing female genital mutilation at Speke Resort Munyonyo. …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua city health officials are seeking 100 Million Shillings to revive the operations of the garbage dumping site that has been idle for the last six years. The site located four kilometers off Arua-Pakwach road was constructed in 2011 with funding from World Bank through …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has rallied all concerned agencies in the energy sector with different government administrative and security structures to launch the biggest offensive ever on power theft and vandalism of transmission lines and distribution infrastructures which. The attack which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has deployed 48 newly appointed judicial officers at the rank of Magistrate Grade One to different stations across the country. In a bid to take judicial services closer to the public, the judiciary appointed the magistrates last month following a recruitment process by …