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📌Digital Impact Awards Africa ➡ Best Bank on Social Media ➡ Card Payment Excellence award ➡ Digital Powered Campaign (National School Championships) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Stanbic Bank Uganda has won awards in three categories at the 2020 Digital Impact Awards Africa that were in the past week …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of people living with HIV/AIDs in Kaabong and Kotido districts in Karamoja region have appealed to the government and development partners to come up with income-generating projects to support their livelihood. Some of the affected people living with HIV/AIDs told URN at Kotido …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat battled security personnel in Nakawa division this morning where he was campaigning for the highest political seat in the country. Amuriat made his first stop at Naguru go-down market where he met and addressed supporters …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has delivered ten in-calf heifers to Wakiso district women council leaders in fulfillment of his pledge to the women leaders shortly after their elections. Sherry Kalyegira, the chairperson of Wakiso district women council who received the ten heifers on behalf of her …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UNDP Human Development Report 2020 released this week is a sobering reminder that we are at an unprecedented moment in the history of humankind and identifies collective behavior change as a major driver towards that can adjust social norms in combating society challenges. It …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eighty cases of suicide were registered in Acholi sub-region between January and October this year, according to statistics released by Gulu Sheffield Mental Health Partnership in collaboration with Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. According to the breakdown of the statistics, 57 of the cases involved male …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The saying that success has many fathers is playing out in two major communities of northern Uganda.  Although the Karimojong spell the new Deputy Inspector General of Police’s name with a ‘t’ before the ‘ch’ while the Acholi write it without the additional letter, the …

Entebbe, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Ronald Wanda, a taxi driver in Entebbe municipality has earned himself a life sentence for killing Joseph Mulindwa alias Isma at Kitooro Taxi Park.  He was handed the life-sentenced by Justice Wilson J. Kwesiga this morning on the last day of the High Court Criminal session …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Electoral Commission-EC has upheld the nomination of independent candidate Kinkizi East parliamentary candidate, Deus Nkwasibwe alias Omusisa. In October this year, Kwasiibwe’s rival and incumbent Kinkizi East legislator Dr. Chris Baryomunsi petitioned EC to cancel his nomination on grounds that he joined elective politics without …

Bukwo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate, General Henry Tumukunde has vowed to bring an end to the 35-year rule of President Yoweri Museveni.    Tumukunde has told voters in Bukwo, Kween and Kapchorwa district that he is going to ensure that Museveni doesn’t extend his term office for …