Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An expresso in the banking hall! Standard Chartered bank has partnered with Endiro Coffee to serve its customers at the main branch with a cup of coffee whenever they go to transact business. The arrangement named “coffee banking” will be a first for a bank …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It no longer makes sense to compel companies to provide a physical address for tax assessment when several are minting money without offices, the Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority-URA, Doris Akol has observed. Akol, who was addressing tax administrators from African states at Serena …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudan officials have extorted up to Shillings 5.7 million from Ugandan farmers in Lamwo district to access their farmland since July this year, an investigation by security has revealed. The investigations show that 35 farmers from the district fell victim of extortion to access …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fred Waninda, the former acting Commercial Court Registrar for Planning and Performance is to stand trial before the Judiciary Disciplinary Committee for assaulting two journalists. The Judicial Disciplinary Committee Chairperson, Norah Matovu Winyi delivered the ruling on an application by Waninda through his lawyers objecting …
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Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 2000 pupils in Serere district have missed out on the end of term three examinations for failing to raise Shillings 2000. The examinations that were delayed from last week, in a bid to enable parents clear the dues, commenced Tuesday. Several children whose parents …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies-UAERA have clarified the air on the status of Yassin Abdul Aziz Musoke, saying he is their consultant in the Middle East. Musoke is the Labor Liaison officer in Uganda’s Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia having been appointed in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) is yet to hear from the government about the HIV/AIDS Trust Fund. Dr Lydia Mungherera, a board member at Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), says that fund was meant to start this financial year as Uganda Revenue Authority is supposed to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is seeking for USD 400 Million to continue work on the unfinished population agenda in Africa. The agenda includes ending preventable maternal deaths claiming 85,000 mothers annually, ending sexual transmission of HIV, ending unmet needs for family planning …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Administrators of public health training institutions are demanding for an increment in capitation grant. Government allocates 2,500 shillings for each student per day in the public health training institutions to cover the basic necessities of students and general maintenance costs. The money is paid to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has started assessing the state of neonatal units in the country to ensure they are up to standard. According to Dr Julius Otim, a child health advisor in the ministry, one of the challenges they are establishing in the on-going assessment …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
