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Peruth Basemera Defies Odds, Grows Her Business from a Retail Shop to a Franchise Distributor Chain Across 3 Districts Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Her journey began in 2005 as an airtime stockist for Airtel Uganda (then CELTEL Uganda), selling scratch cards in her retail shop. However, in 2012, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has revealed that the first phase of the new fuel storage facility will cost over 550 billion Shillings (USD 140 million). The new reserve facility in Buloba is designed to store  up to 320 million liters of fuel. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Research by the Makerere University School of Public Health has revealed that the majority of Ugandans who were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have not received booster doses. The study carried out between February and March 2023 at the Malaba and Mutukula points of …

Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-six pupils of Kalas Girl’s primary school have been hospitalized over suspected food poisoning in Amudat district. It alleged that on March 6th, 2024 at around 11:00 pm the said pupils developed stomach, throat, and heart pain after consuming cookies that they found wrapped in …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  C-Care IHK Hospital and Kampala Audiology & Speech Centre have conducted the 34th cochlear surgeries since 2017, restoring hearing ability to individuals in Kampala. On March 2nd, 2024, two children regained their hearing following successful procedures at C-Care IHK, the pioneer in cochlear …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima has urged countries including Uganda to protect women’s rights to protect their health. She further calls on leaders to fight all forms of gender-based violence if women and girls are to be protected against HIV/AIDS. “This risk is heightened for …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Women Entrepreneurs from Busoga sub-region could benefit from access to patient and low-interest capital in the long run, thanks to the 2024 Women’s Day Katale slated for 15th and 17th March at Dam Waters Rugby Grounds in Jinja, organisers said in a press …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Baati, under the Safal Uganda Baati Foundation, has supported one of Uganda’s oldest schools Busoga College Mwiri rehabiliate staff quarters. Uganda Baati have removed old asbestos sheets on two houses and replaced them with quality steel sheets. This follows the college’s appeal last year …

Jubilee Insurance hosts Miria Matembe ahead of Women’s Day celebrations Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Jubilee Insurance has hosted Miria Matembe a former legislator and minister in the current government to talk to its female staff ahead of today’s Women’s Day celebrations. Matembe, a women leader and activist advised …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has further remanded Ibrahim Musana commonly known as Pressure 24 Seven, a tick toker accused of posting and sharing information that ridicule and promote hostility against the person of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the Kabaka Ronald Muwenda …