Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The banking industry registered some strength towards the end of the financial year 2024, despite the closure of two Tier II lenders in the last half of the year. EFC Uganda Limited was closed in January and Mercantile Credit Bank Uganda in June 2024, …
Read More »Cranes face tough AFCON test by South Africa
⚽ TODAY – AFCON qualifier 7pm South Africa 🇿🇦🇺 vs Uganda 🇺🇬 Johannesburg, South Africa | THE INDPENDENT | The last encounter between Uganda Cranes and South Africa’s Bafana Bafana was in June 2021, a friendly that ended 3-2 in favor of South Africa. Since then, the two teams have …
Read More »Gender ministry to scale LABE’s Home Learning Centre model nationally
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development is considering scaling the Home Learning Centre (HLC) model being implemented by Literacy and Adult Basic Education (LABE) – an indigenous NGO – into a nationwide program. Under the HLC model, LABE uses innovative methods to …
Read More »Uganda’s Kadondi glad to join English side Nottingham Forest Netball Club
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda’s She Cranes player Faridah Kadondi has expressed her delight after signing a professional contract with the English side Nottingham Forest Netball Club. The English club, set to make its debut in the England Netball Super League, announced Kadondi’s signing on Wednesday. Speaking to Xinhua …
Read More »Old Mutual Investment Chairman sees more Ugandans embracing financial services
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s economy stands to benefit from more Ugandans increasingly embracing financial services according to Old Mutual Investment Group (OMIG) Chairman, Samuel Ssejjaaka. Ssejaaka was speaking at OMIG Annual General Meeting for Uganda’s Unit Trust Holders held at Kampala Serena Hotel on Sept.5, where he updated …
Read More »Why I refuse to mourn Fr Damian Grimes
Grimes, especially, subjugated timidity, ignorance and lack of exposure out of me. If the Grimesian spirit so still dwells in me who was only a teacher on the Namasagali staff, I guess it must dwell even much more in his former students EULOGY | Alfred Geresom Musamali | By refusing to …
Read More »POWER: New intervention can reduce unpaid care work burden on women
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers at the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) have found that a new model known as P.O.W.E.R. can help reduce and redistribute the burden of unpaid care work traditionally borne by women. Speaking at the launch of these findings, Prof Florence Muhanguzi a lecturer …
Read More »Allen Kagina reaffirms UNRA’s commitment to adhering to ESG standards
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Allen Kagina, the executive director of the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to implementing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards in line with the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, recently adopted by Uganda. She delivered this message while officially opening the 29th …
Read More »Moore of the same on Day 2 at the Uganda Golf Open
Zambian ace Moore maintains firm grip on leaderboard, 11 Ugandan pros make cut at Uganda Open 🟢 DAY 2 Uganda Pro Golf Open leader board⛳️🏌️ 1⃣ Moore 🇿🇲 64 73 -5 2⃣ Madoya 🇰🇪 66 76 0 3⃣ Celestin 🇷🇼 70 73 +1 4⃣ Ndayisenga 🇷🇼 75 68 +1 ✳ …
Read More »EC Byabakama asks police to enforce election malpractices laws
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Simon Byabakama, the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, has condemned widespread election malpractices and the commercialization of politics, citing them as serious threats to Uganda’s democracy. Speaking at a gathering of Senior Investigators and Prosecutors at the CID Headquarters in Kibuli, alongside the …
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