Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced a roadshow in Kigali to show the Rwandan private sector how it can become a primary beneficiary of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) which will provide significant opportunities to access the largely untapped markets and …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Election budget shoots to sh870bn
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY 2021 election budget: Panic over jump from Shs400bn to Shs870bn THE WEEK Education: Gov’t scraps end of term exams , student projects introduced THE LAST WORD GDP and improved health: How sustained economic growth …
Read More »East African Court dismisses Mabirizi’s application halting 2021 elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice sitting at Arusha in Tanzania has dismissed an application lodged by lawyer Male Mabirizi seeking an interim order halting the 2021 elections. Mabirizi ran to the East African Court of justice challenging the 2018 Constitutional Amendment Act that …
Read More »NSSF promises more support to the National Blood Bank
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has promised to give more support to the National Blood Bank in terms of more blood that it wants to deal with the shortage. In a statement shared with The Independent, the Fund said that, as part of its corporate …
Read More »UGX 18 billion Nimule one stop border post opened
Nimule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The One-Stop Border Post (OSBP) at Nimule international cross border town has been opened to boost efficient trade between Uganda and South Sudan. The US$ 5 million, approximately 18.3 million Uganda Shillings’ facility was on Thursday handed over to the Government of South Sudan by …
Read More »Staff shortage hits Makerere university estates unit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Staff shortage has hit Makerere University Estates and Works Department. Sources at the department indicate that over 200 vacancies have not been filled over the past years. The estates, which is charged with critical properties of the University that include buildings, land, and vehicles has …
Read More »MPs Protest delayed report on alleged sexual abuse of Makerere University students
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament have questioned the delayed report by the House Committee on Education and Sports on its investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of Makerere University students by security personnel. On 27th November 2019, the Committee was given two weeks …
Read More »Uganda to buy aircraft for aerial sprays
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said government is planning to buy own aircraft for aerial sprays in response to locusts and other insects attacks in future. Uganda is on alert over reports that the swarm of the desert locusts is only about 60 kilometers from …
Read More »Cancer Institute starts operationalising regional centers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The West Nile Regional Cancer Center is set to start operating on February 15, 2020. This is in fulfillment of the strategies that were proposed in 2015 as Uganda when Uganda Cancer Institute-UCI was selected to be the center of excellence in cancer care …
Read More »Uganda to lose UGX 500bn to tax incentives in 2019/20 financial year
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to lose more than 500 billion Shillings in tax waivers during the 2019/2020 financial year alone, the Uganda Revenue Authority has indicated. A tax waiver is when a company or an individual engaged in a certain activity where they are supposed to …
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