Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Bankers Association has said they want to discuss with government their concerns with the Landlord and Tenants Bill 2018 before it is assented into law by President Museveni. Wilbrod Owor, the UBA Executive Director, said as bankers they still have concerns with some …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Chinese electronics firm, ENGO Holdings Limited, has joined Uganda’s industrial sector to domestically manufacture and assemble mobile phones, iPads and laptop computers. The firm is setting up its plant in Namanve, Uganda’s flagship industrial park. The construction works expected to last six months …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and Kenya have started works on the countries Major Marine Vessels MV Uhuru in Kenya and MV Kaawa and MV Pamba in Uganda in a bid to revitalize the Northern corridor route on Lake Victoria. MV Uhuru, together with MV Umoja in Tanzania, MV …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua and other West Nile districts are on a fresh Ebola alert after unidentified woman died of Ebola in Ariwara town, 34 kilometres from Arua town. The development has put security teams and health officials under pressure to trace for 177 contact persons the victim …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union-EU has committed 8 million Euros (34 billion Shillings) towards mitigating the effects of Climate Change in districts in the central cattle corridor, that experience semi-arid climatic conditions. Under the project, the EU will scale up agricultural adaptation activities in the districts of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) will recruit 13,000 more Local Defence Unit (LDUs) personnel. Deputy Army and Defence Spokesperson Lt Col Deo Akiiki, says that recruitment exercise will resume in a week’s time but declined to divulge the numbers being targeted. Akiiki referred URN to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fourteen laboratories have so far been internationally accredited to offer viral load and Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) testing for HIV. Viral load which is a test that determines the amount of the virus in the blood of an HIV positive person is one of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 40,000 Tuberculosis infections are not treated. This is according to a 2017 study carried out by the Health Ministry in partnership with World Health Organisation-WHO and Global Fund. Dr Stavia Turyahabwe, the programme manager of the National TB programme attributes the high number …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commercial banks in Uganda are looking into how they can beef up the security of their agents due to the risk exposed to them for holding cash. This comes after an incident on 30 June 2019 in Nansana where three guards attached to Tiger …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has fulfilled his pledge of procuring vestments for all African Bishops coming for the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM). The vestments arrived in the Country last month ahead of the Symposium due to begin July 21st. More …
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