NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  There is urgent need to update national legislation on data protection and privacy in a bid to counter potential threats posed by technological advancements, Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has advised. While speaking at the 2024 Data Privacy Day Conference held at Mestil Hotel in Kampala …

Alebtong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alebtong District Local government has received 18 additional tractors under a government initiative to transit from subsistence to commercial farming. The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries, and Fisheries launched the distribution of hand-held tractors and other agricultural implements in the district in November, last year …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Ministries of Trade and Water have pinpointed the Circular Economy roadmap model as a tool that Uganda can strategically use to coordinate initiatives aimed at achieving a sustainable environment and economy. The circular economy is a closed-loop system that efficiently uses resources, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda has launched new products which they say are aimed at enabling school owners start off the year and parents get tuition, after a hard end-of-year season. The Bank says that this is in response to the repetitively stiff economic environment and low …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Enterprises and other organisations in Uganda are now able to build their data centres and reduce business costs, instead of relying on service providers. This development will enable companies, government agencies or any institutions to save as much as 45 per cent of the costs …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Concerns on the increasing public debt burden continue to dominate debate and this time, Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Committee on National Economy to make an assessment on the country’s public debt and report back to Parliament. Tayebwa made the directive during the …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents and leaders in Luwero have piled pressure on headteachers after the Uganda National Examination Board withheld results for 57 candidates in the district over suspected involvement in malpractices. According to Primary Leaving Examinations results for Luwero, at least 1,622 (11.4%) passed in the First …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister of Higher Education, Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo has told Members of Parliament that the government is unable to take over the management of new schools in the current financial year due to lack of funds. Muyingo was responding to a matter of national importance …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, the Vice Chancellor of Makerere University has asked graduands to pick up their transcripts immediately after graduation. Nawangwe who is also the Acting Chancellor was addressing guests at the 74th graduation event on Tuesday.  The one-week-long graduation that started on Monday entered …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has successfully impounded two trucks loaded with fabrics illegally smuggled into the country through porous border points in different parts of Eastern Uganda. The operation, prompted by vigilante tip-offs, resulted in the seizure of fabrics worth millions of Shillings. The smuggled …