Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The insecurity in the Eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could hinder the tarmacking of 223-kilometre roads. In June, President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi launched the tarmacking of 997 kilometre Mpondwe-Beni road, 181 Kilometre Goli-Beni road and 89 Kilometre Bunagana-Rutchuru-Goma …
Read More »Ugandans can now invest in global companies with as little as $1
Kampala Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chipper Cash has today launched a product that will enable Ugandans invest in publicly traded global companies like Amazon, Tesla or Facebook. The launch of the Chipper’s Global Stocks Investing product makes it the first company to offer fractional stock investing in Uganda. The African fintech …
Read More »Speaker Oulanyah contributes Shs100m towards Church House project
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has fulfilled his pledge of Shs100 million to the Church of Uganda. This is part of his contribution to the Church House campaign dubbed Love Gift which is aimed at clearing a Shs60 billion debt owed to Equity Bank. …
Read More »One dead, four injured in Nakaseke bomb explosion
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A bomb explosion has killed one person on the spot and injured four others critically in Kapeeka trading center, Nakaseke district. The incident occurred at around 9:00am in Kapeeka central ward, Kapeeka town council. Moses Ssenfuma, the LC3 chairperson of Kapeeka sub-county says that the …
Read More »LC1 chairperson detained for coordinating cattle raids in Katakwi
Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five people including a village chairperson are in custody at Katakwi police station on accusations of collaborating with rustlers to raid livestock in Katakwi and neighbouring Karamoja districts. The five were picked up on Wednesday from Ajeluk village, Olela parish, Katakwi sub county, and Ngariam county …
Read More »Parliament approves degazettement of Gulu forest reserve
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed a resolution approving the degazettement of 70 acres of a forest reserve at Laroo-Pece in Gulu city. The degazetting of the forest reserve will pave way for the development and expansion of Gulu University. This followed a presentation of a report from …
Read More »CID probes kidnap of caretaker who declined to sell boss’ land
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ismail Lukoda Ssekandi, a resident of Lutembe village in Wakiso district, has opened a case file at the Criminal Investigations Directorate accusing police operatives of kidnapping him for five days after he refused to sell his boss’ land. Ssekandi who is the caretaker of 56 …
Read More »Shortage of raltegravir worries patients on third line HIV treatment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | HIV activists have made an outcry about shortages of an expensive HIV drug, raltegravir, which is recommended for decreasing the amount of HIV in the blood. Raltegravir is used by people living with HIV that are on third-line treatment. It is administered as a tablet, …
Read More »My life is in danger, claims former MP Bildard Adome
Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former member of parliament for Kotido municipality, Bildard Adome has said if anything happens to his life, the security forces should be held responsible. Addressing the media on Wednesday in Kotido, Adome claimed that he has been attacked several times by plain clothed security …
Read More »UNBS closes over 20 maize mills in Gulu city for non compliance
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS has closed over 20 maize mills in Gulu city citing non-compliance to the required standards. The affected maize mills are found in Industrial area, Forgod parish, Lacor centre and Kabedopong, all in Bardege-Layibi division. The closure of the maize mills …
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