MTN Mobile Money expands 21 Days of Y’ello Care initiative to Luwero, championing digital agribusiness and health access Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Mobile Money Uganda Ltd on Thursday extended its 2025 edition of the 21 Days of Y’ello Care campaign to Luwero District, marking the second major …
Read More »Museveni warns careerists in the NRM
Museveni Rebukes NRM Big Wigs for Meddling in Grassroot Elections Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has rebuked senior National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders, whom he says have been interfering in internal party elections. The President who was speaking during his State of the Nation …
Read More »Museveni praised army for rise in fish production
While Museveni praised the Fisheries Protection Unit for restoring fish production, there has been public outcry over brutal operations. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni said that the total value of fish catches from the water bodies and exports has steadily increased since the government deployed forces …
Read More »PostBank hits record profit, to rebrand to Pearl Bank
Shareholder Commends PostBank for Being a Profitable Government Entity and Registering Ushs. 35.4 billion PAT in 2024 Financials Kampala,Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shareholders have hailed PostBank for being among the top 10 performing banks in the country and seconded its rebranding to Pearl Bank. The highlight of the bank’s solid performance …
Read More »PROFILE: Bishop Elect Simon Peter Engurait
✳Father Engurait was born on August 28, 1971, in Ngora, Uganda. ✳ Attended St. Peter’s College in Tororo District, Uganda, ✳Studied at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, Louisiana. ✳ Received a bachelor’s degree at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda (1995), ✳Master of divinity from Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, …
Read More »Tanga Odoi introduces voter slips to weed out chaos in NRM primaries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM Electoral Commission will issue voter location slips in the party primaries. According to the party’s Electoral Commission Chairperson, Dr Tanga Odoi, the voter slips will help them organize a peaceful election free from masqueraders who have been interfering in the …
Read More »Mpuuga, Bwanika officially abandon NUP for new party DF
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, has officially confirmed that eight Members of Parliament have changed their political party affiliations. The announcement came Thursday during a special parliamentary sitting at Kololo Independence Grounds, held just before President Yoweri Museveni delivered the State of the …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Uganda’s economy to double to $150 billion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Museveni has assured Ugandans that the country is now unstoppable in terms of economic growth and socioeconomic transformation and will in the next five years be a 500 billion dollar economy. “What I have said in this long speech is …
Read More »FULL SPEECH: The 2025 State of the Nation Address
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In fulfillment of the constitutional requirement, under Article 101 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni on June 5th delivered the State of the Nation. This was at parliament sitting at Kololo Independence grounds. ***** Ladies and Gentlemen. In …
Read More »Health officials warn against cow urine myth as measles cases re-emerge
Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the face of a recurring measles outbreak in parts of Uganda, health experts are urging the public to rely on evidence-based treatments and avoid unproven traditional remedies that could endanger lives. In July 2024, measles was confirmed in Kihembe Sub County, Kanungu District, near …
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