Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF will not require a supplementary budget to pay the salaries of more than 2000 newly promoted officers, URN has learnt. Recently, President, Yoweri Museveni promoted more than 2,031 officers and men to various ranks. Those promoted from the rank of Lt …
Read More »Okot Ogong, Lyomoki vow to oppose Museveni’s sole candidature
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two National Resistance Movement (NRM) Members of Parliament have dismissed a resolution by the party’s top decision making organ-the Central Executive Committee (CEC) endorsing President Yoweri Museveni as sole candidate in the 2021 elections. Museveni’s sole candidature was resolved this week after a 5-day …
Read More »RWENZURURU: 87 royal guards return from hiding
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eighty seven Rwenzururu royal guards have returned home following a protracted peace campaign in Kasese district. The royal guards went into hiding in 2016 following a raid by the military and police on the palace of Rwenzururu King, Charles Wesley Mumbere. More than 100 …
Read More »‘Museveni’s sole candidature not a surprise’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Betty Nambooze, the Mukono North County MP has said that the decision by NRM’s Central Executive Committee-CEC endorsing President Yoweri Museveni as sole candidate in the 2021 elections should not surprise Ugandans. Museveni’s sole candidature resolution was reached Tuesday after a 5-day CEC retreat in …
Read More »TAX DISPUTE: URA closes Observer
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority-URA has sealed off the offices of The Observer at Tagore Crescent in Kamwokya Kampala for reported non-tax compliance. A team of URA enforcement officers stormed the offices on Wednesday afternoon and locked the main gates with seals. The Observer has confirmed …
Read More »Dfcu unveils new loan facility campaign
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Dfcu bank customers will, for a limited time access personal unsecured loans of up to Shs150 million at a competitive interest rate of 17.5% per annum, it said in a notice dated Feb.19. According to dfcu bank’s Head for Personal Banking, Miranda Bageine Musoke, …
Read More »KCB sends customers to Japan-Tokyo for a business trip
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | In a bid to support growth of business for its customers, KCB Bank Uganda has organised a business trip for its business club customers who will travel to Tokyo, Japan from the March 2-12, 2019. The 10 day tour of the city of Tokyo will expose …
Read More »80 percent of childhood cancers misdiagnosed-medics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 80 percent of all childhood cancers are misdiagnosed according to medics at the Uganda Cancer Institute. They say that most childhood cancers cannot be diagnosed by health workers in lower health facilities and as a result, children are subjected to treatment regimens …
Read More »Museveni set for sixth-term run
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda’s ruling party has endorsed President Yoweri Museveni, 74, as its candidate in 2021 elections, which could see him seek a sixth term in office, a party resolution said Wednesday. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) called for Museveni to “continue leading the movement and the …
Read More »Experts call for balanced investment in infrastructure
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Economics’ Analysts have said it’s time for the government to start increasing budget allocated to the social sectors which have for years been dwarfed by works, transport and energy sector investments. Both experts from government, research institutions and international agencies spoke in unison during a …
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