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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda has launched an end-to-end digitalized trading platform dubbed “Quantum Trade” to enable its customers access import letters of credit and domestic guarantees quickly within few hours, it said on April 06. The online platform will facilitate trade and allow customers receive …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has lost his bid to block Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) from recalling his vehicle for a reassessment. His application was dismissed on Tuesday by the Deputy Head of High Court Civil Division Judge Emmanuel Baguma. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four suspected DRC militiamen have raided Lake Albert and robbed three boat engines. The armed militiamen raided the lake at around 2 am near Kaiso landing site in Kabaale sub-county Hoima district. They placed several fishermen at gunpoint and ordered them to surrender the engines. …

📌 UGANDA 🇺🇬 BACK TO SCHOOL SCHEDULE ▶ P4 & P5 – April 6 ▶ S1 – April 12 ▶ S2 – May 31 ▶ P1, P2 & P3 – June 7 📌 UNEB EXAMS TIMETABLE ✳ April 9 ▶ UACE briefing ✳ April 12- May 3 ▶ UACE exams Kampala, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Local Government has opposed the proposal by the Ministry of Finance directing newly created administrative units to use their locally generated revenue for operations. The government created over 360 sub-counties and 350 town councils across the country but many have remained non-functional …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health received a total of Shs 29 billion from donations by the private sector to facilitate activities aimed at stopping further spread of COVID-19, the Permanent Secretary in the Health Ministry Dr. Diana Atwine has said. Rubbishing claims that the money couldn’t …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A security guard has been arrested for allegedly shooting to death a boda boda rider at Equatorial Mall in Kampala on Monday night. The Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire identified the suspect as Morris Opedunu attached to Pinnacle Security Company, who was guarding …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mbale is holding three people for the alleged murder of Daphne Malemo, a 64-year old resident of Busoba parish, Busoba sub county in Mbale district. According to Rogers Taitika, the Elgon region police spokesperson, the three whose names were not released so as …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Regional Referral Hospital is grappling with a shortage of incubators for premature babies. Currently, the health facility has only five incubators at the neonatal ward with more than 10 premature babies under care. Florence Oyella Otim, the in-charge of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit …

  Local governments want government to empower them to pick contractors as long as they meet the job criteria Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local government leaders are asking government to start using local contractors in implementing district projects. The leaders say many projects stall because the procured contractors by the …