Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mobile money transactions hit the Shillings 7.2 trillion in March 2020 from Shillings 3.4 trillion in 2016. The Finance Minister Matia Kasaija disclosed this while presenting the 2020/2021 financial year budget estimates to parliament. He explained that the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has directed Monica Komujuni, the former Manager Kenyan firm Hass Scientific and Medical Supplies Limited to refund US$ 42,000 (about 156M) for illegally donating a hematology analyzer to Naguru Hospital. In her judgment delivered on Wednesday, Justice Lydia Mugambe noted that Komujuni donated …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Gulu district are yet to embrace the Electronic Voucher Management System (EVMS). The system was launched in January by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animals Industries and Fisheries to distribute agro-inputs to farmers through accredited dealers. This is part of the 150,000 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament on Thursday observed a moment of silence in honor of Pierre Nkurunziza, the President of Burundi who died on Tuesday this week. This was before the presentation of the Shillings 45.5 trillion 2020/2021 financial year budget speech by Finance Minister Matia Kasaija. In …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only about 40 people will attend the funeral of the late Major General Samuel Wasswa Kasirye Ggwanga, Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has announced. Kasirye Ggwanga breathed his last at Nakasero Hospital on Tuesday morning where he was in intensive care. His body is currently …

  Budget 2021 summary ✳ Resource envelope Sh45.5 trillion ✳ Revenue Sh21.8 trillion ✳ Uganda GDP Sh138 trillion ✳ Uganda GDP rate +3.1% ✳ Electricity output 1254MW ✳ Paved roads 5600km ✳ National IT backbone, 49 districts ✳ Internet bandwidth $70/Mbps ✳ UDB 1trillion injection ✳ Domestic arrears pay 673bn ✳ VAT …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has been ordered to pay 282 million shillings after a police officer illegally auctioned a car that had been reported missing. It all started on November 14th 2008, when a pickup registration number UAE 130H belonging to Adrine Kemirembe went missing from Makerere …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Security, Gen. Elly Tumwine has warned business owners against re-opening their shops that have never been cleared by government to re-open. He said as security, they can’t do anything to enforce the coronavirus (COVID-19) regulations if they don’t get cooperation from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business owners in shopping malls around Kampala are decrying low turn up of customers as they reopened last week. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni last week allowed shopping malls to reopen as he partially lifted the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown that had lasted over two months. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Insurance training institutions across Africa say the coronavirus crisis has presented them with an opportunity to save money through conducting online classes for the professionals in the industry. In a zoom meeting with players from all over Africa, participants said before the outbreak of …