Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to increase access to financing from the capital markets. The MoU will enable Uganda’s manufacturing sector to take advantage of customized training on various options for raising long-term …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports has approved the commencement of school practice when schools reopen for non-candidates. Previously, the ministry had delayed the activity creating fear that final year student teachers could take longer than expected to be passed out. However, Jonathan Kamwana, commissioner …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The families of several people who have been reported missing for several weeks have appealed to the government to have mercy and release them. Yesterday, some of the relatives of the 243 people that the National Unity Platform-NUP said have gone missing without trace were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Auditor General has reported to Parliament a backlog of 14,011 audits in 2020. Auditor General John Muwanga together with several officials from his office on Wednesday presented a performance report for the financial year 2019/2020 and a half financial year 2020/2021 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The chairperson of the Human Rights Committee Janepher Nantume Egunyu has said she will meet the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga over lack of funds to investigate electoral violence. Last week, the committee postponed investigations into cases of electoral violence due to lack of funding. …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | As coronavirus restrictions continue to bite the economy, e-commerce firm, Jumia, is creating job opportunities for the youth to make money and transform their lives on its platform. Since 2018, the company came up with Uganda’s JForce program. The program is Jumia’s pioneer sales consultants …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani reiterated on Wednesday the Islamic Republic’s “definite” determination not to produce or store weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), including nuclear weapons, official news agency IRNA reported. “As we have said many times, in our country’s defense program, there is no place for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 101 people in every 100,000 Ugandans suffer snakebite injuries. This is according to Uganda’s first-ever survey to establish among others the incidence of snakebite injuries in the country. Dr John Ddamulira, the principal investigator on the study conducted across six districts of Arua, Gulu, Kamuli, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A family in Makerere-Kivulu zone in Kampala central division has cried out to President Yoweri Museveni to order the release of their son who was allegedly picked up by military police personnel last month. Twenty-year-old Ismail Ssozi, a mechanic was allegedly picked up together with …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The price of silverfish has remained high in Gulu markets despite the increased supply from major sources in central Uganda. Last week, a sack of silverfish was selling for between Shillings 1 million and 1.1 million, while a basin was going for Shillings 50,000 from …