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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local startups need to focus on niche markets that they can tap into to excel for better survival and longevity of their businesses, according to Mackinon Kabarole, Senior Manager, Business Intelligence at MTN Uganda. Mackinon, who spoke to the youth undergoing MTN Youth Skilling Program …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents in Lira city have vowed not to pay the additional tuition fees, saying that schools did not consult them on the proposed increment. At VH Public Primary School in Lira city, the management increased the fees structure with variations depending on the class. Primary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has dismissed an interim application in which businessman Frank Matovu Ssenkwajju wanted to stop the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF from erecting buildings on his land in Kitala, Wakiso district. Matovu petitioned the High Court Land Division in April saying that …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government schools in Masaka city are struggling with staff shortages, which is threatening consistency and the quality of learning. Gorreti Ndagire, the head teacher of Nyendo Public School, says that the school is understaffed by six teachers, despite the recently registered increase in the learners’ …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua city authorities have cautioned developers of abandoned buildings to provide security at their sites as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Most of the abandoned properties are found along Mango road, Hospital road, School road, Lumumba road and Weather Park head lane …

Kassanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana Catholic Diocese Dr. Joseph Anthony Zziwa has criticized people for reclaiming land donated to the church by well-wishers. Many people have been donating land to the church over the years, which has enabled it to construct churches, schools, and health centers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four Makerere University students have sued the University Council over the suspension of the guild elections. In July, the University council suspended the students guild and indefinitely deferred elections for the university’s 88th guild president after Betungura Bewatte, a student of Uganda Christian University (UCU) …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga has stressed that leaders fighting against the Nyege Nyege festival to start on Thursday at the Itanda falls in Butagaya sub county, Jinja district want to economically sabotage Busoga sub region. While representing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kampala Capital City Council-KCCA Council has resolved to conduct investigations into the irregular operations of law enforcement officers. The resolution stems from a report about the conduct of the officers that was presented by the Central Executive Committee. During a council sitting on Tuesday, …

But the houses are too expensive for the average Ugandan Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda’s pension fund has placed more than 370 housing units for sale at its Lubowa Housing Project on Entebbe Road in Wakiso District but they are expensive to the average local population. NSSF Managing …