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UDB to finance 2 million women entrepreneurs with micro loans

UDB has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Ltd under which beneficiaries will get between 50 and 100 million shillings in loans Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank has offered to help 2 million women in business access financing at more affordable cost …

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Court upholds victory of Rujumbura County MP Jim Muhwezi

  Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kabale has upheld the victory of Security Minister Jim Katugugu Muhwezi, as Rujumbura County Member of Parliament and that of Wilfred Niwagaba, as Ndorwa East County Member of Parliament. The petition against Muhwezi, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag …

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Ammonium nitrate used in Komamboga, Swift bus explosion

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | After a critical analysis of the two Improvised Explosive Devices-IEDs that went off last week, police and military forensic analysts have concluded that ammonium nitrate was the propellant used to provide the pressure to scatter the shrapnel that injured or caused death in both blasts. …

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URA starts enforcement on use of digital stamps, electronic receipts

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority-URA on Monday started the enforcement on the use of e-invoices and digital stamps. A digital tax stamp is a physical paper stamp that is applied to goods or their packaging. It contains security features and codes to prevent counterfeiting and tampering. …

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Makerere, Kyambogo lecturers fail to show up for physical classes

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lecturers at Makerere and Kyambogo University failed to show up for sessions today, leaving students stranded. Tertiary institutions opened their gates to students on Monday after months of closure following the outbreak of Covid-19. When URN visited the two institutions, most of the lecture rooms …

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Stanbic Bank announces new loan offers at special interest rate

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As 2021 gets to the end, Stanbic Bank Uganda has unveiled what it terms as ‘exciting offers’ on unsecured personal loans effectively activating the festive mood among customers. In a Nov.01 media statement, Uganda’s largest bank by assets, said, the promotional offer runs until end …

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Police responded to four false bomb scares last week

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Apart from the two bombing attacks at Komamboga pork joint and inside a Swift bus along Masaka road, police responded to four other suspicious bombing scares within Kampala metropolitan areas, but found no explosives. The first Improvised Explosive Device-IED went off at a popular pork …

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UPDF captain arrested over alleged kidnap

Rukiga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) officer has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a businessman and demanding ransom. Captain Apollo Kwesiga aged 32, attached to Masaka Armoured Brigade is currently held at Rukiga police station together with Benon Arinaitwe, 37, a driver and Patience Nsiime. …

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Over 30 traders injured in Buliisa road accident

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 30 people have this morning been critically injured in a crash along the Hoima Biiso-Butiaba-Wanseko road in Buliisa district. The accident occurred when a Fuso lorry registration number UAP 038X carrying over 50 traders together with their merchandise from Masindi town heading to …

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