Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Prudential Uganda, in partnership with Prudence Foundation and the Uganda Red Cross Society, has announced the return of the SAFE STEPS Road Safety Campaign in Uganda that is targeting to impact 8,000 boda boda riders. This campaign, which started in 2022, is focusses on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fish maw traders have protested against high taxes being imposed by the government on fish maw consignments This was contained in a petition delivered on Tuesday to Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries by the Fish Maw and Traders Association Uganda Limited. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A joint study conducted by Butabika Hospital and Makerere University has found that more women are battling severe anxiety and depression than their male counterparts, who are mostly affected by alcohol abuse. Up to 2,067 people were sampled from the districts of Kapchorwa, Adjumani, Bushenyi, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Panyu Chu Kong (PCK) Steel Pipe says it is ready to deliver the first one hundred kilometers of “Smart Crude oil pipeline” for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. The pipelines are part of those needed for the construction of the 1,445-kilometer …
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Sector players accuse government of granting the fuel importation monopoly to a Bahrain-based Company known as Vitol Bahrain E.C under the guise of strengthening UNOC Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Energy, Ruth Nankbirwa has tabled before parliament a bill to regulate the importation of petroleum products. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The City Hall Magistrates Court has summoned the head of Petroleum in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development Spero Byokunda to appear and answer charges related to defrauding a Serbian investor. Byokunda is wanted together with businessman Emmanuel Byamukama to appear in Court …
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Alebtong , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alebtong HC-IV in Alebtong district has received a donation of theater equipment worth 21 million Uganda shillings from Stanbic Bank Uganda. The donation comprises of an adjustable operating and delivery bed, a theater operation table and 100 boxes of mama kits which were immediately distributed to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University staff associations have expressed frustration over the University Council’s failure to inaugurate a new Staff Appeals Tribunal, despite the appointment of a new chairperson two months ago. In August, Dr. Henry Michael Onoria was appointed as the new Chairperson of the Staff …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Finance Minister Prof Ezra Suruma is proposing a referendum to determine how the oil revenue should be utilized. According to Suruma, this is one of the ways Uganda can achieve social protection which involves preventing, managing, and overcoming situations such as poverty, poor …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the High Court has ordered an American couple to compensate a child they allegedly tortured with 100 million Shillings. Mackenzie Leigh and her husband Nicholas Scott Spencer, were accused of intentionally inflicting physical and mental pain and suffering on …
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