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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Businesswoman, Shamim Bitariho, has been handed one year and six months in jail after pleading guilty to stealing a motor vehicle belonging to Kigezi Diocese at the burial of the late Apollo Nyegamahe alias Aponye in Rukiga district. Batariro, a resident of Ruhinja village …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the Constitutional Court, seeking a temporary injunction to halt the activities involving the Kabaka of Buganda Kingdom, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, and his agents. These activities include mass settlers’ registration and the collection of ground rent (Busuulu Collections). In his …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A new study of the insurance industry in Uganda has revealed persistent continued dishonesty as well as withholding vital information by practitioners, a major source of public mistrust. The Policyholder Satisfaction Survey that was conducted this year courtesy of the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) …

Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party leaders have urged newly elected delegates to follow the directives issued by the stewards at their Najanankumbi headquarters rather than aligning with the Katonga faction, which is being accused of hindering the party’s progress. During the swearing-in …

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Security authorities in Lamwo district have apprehended a man accused of orchestrating a fake kidnap and demanding a ransom of more than sh800,000. Lampard Tabu was arrested from Gai Village, Paloga Sub County on Monday following a joint operation by the local intelligence network …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Small business operators at Makerere University are under increasing pressure and anxiety as the university management moves closer to evicting them. The planned eviction, initiated by the university management in July 2022, has cast a shadow over businesses including photocopy and stationery shops, food …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Registration Services Bureau, the national business registry, has this morning launched its mass business registration campaign aimed at promoting formalization among entrepreneurs and small business owners. In a news release dated Sept.26, the bureau said this initiative seeks to simplify the registration process, …

✳ Year – Interest 2012 ✅10.00% 2013 ✅11.23% 2014 ✅11.50% 2015 ✅13.00% 2016 ✅12.30% 2017 ✅11.23% 2018 ✅ 15% 2019 ✅ 11% 2020 ✅ 10.75% 2021 ✅ 12.15% 2022 ✅ 09.65% 2023 ✅ 10.00% URBRA warns of low coverage in the retirement benefits sector and calls for effective policy responses to …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Museveni has questioned officials at the Health Ministry over delays in finalizing the signing of a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Austrian firm for the construction of a specialized Teaching Hospital at Gulu University. Early last year, a team from VAMED Engineering …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Local Governments whose lower administrative units were annexed to create cities across the country will have to wait for another year to access funds for their relocation to new administrative headquarters. This comes nearly three years since the government started operationalizing 10 new cities …