Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Subcontractors in the oil and gas sectors have been urged to ensure monthly contributions to the National Social Security fund. It is emerging that some of the companies that got part of the lucrative deals in the oil and gas development at Tilenga and …

Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes will start the 2025 World Cup Qualifiers Campaign with an away clash against Guinea, according to the fixtures released. The two games will be played between 13th to 21st November 2023. The Cranes who have never featured at the World Cup were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  TotalEnergies EP Uganda has today handed over the largest high fidelity simulation center for medical training in sub-Saharan Africa, outside Cape town to Makerere University’s College of Health Sciences at Mulago Hospital. The facility is aimed at providing specialized emergency medical skills training to strengthen …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations in Luwero District are stuck with 5.5 billion Shillings meant for the Parish Development Model-PDM program. In February 2022, President Yoweri Museveni launched the program meant to eradicate poverty through the execution of development activities at the parishes. Since …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division has ordered Rosewell Women and Children Hospital to bring to court a four-month-old baby who was retained over unpaid bills. Last month Bridgers Alinda Mugenyi and Saloome Aturinde dragged Rosewell Women and Children Hospital Limited to court for retaining …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial has withdrawn all criminal charges against the former Inspector General of Police-IGP General Kale Kayihura. The charges including failure to protect war materials,  failure to supervise police officers, and abetting kidnap were withdrawn on Wednesday before a seven-member panel led …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 families in Buwekula cell, Northern Division, Jinja City, are living in fear of eviction after 60 houses were demolished by Busoga Kingdom officials. One of the officials was the Kingdom’s Youth Affairs Minister, James Mukembo  who was accompanied by UPDF officers …

Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | The real gross domestic product (GDP) of Germany, Europe’s largest economy, is projected to shrink by up to 0.5 percent in 2023, the German Economic Institute (IW) said on Tuesday. The drop is driven by high inflation and interest rates as well as by problems …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mobile phone-based payments for goods and services in Uganda remain low relative to subscriber numbers, a situation service providers say must be tackled to drive the cashless economy. While the country boasts more than 30 million mobile phone subscriptions, just about 20 million subscribe to …

Hoima , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Hoima have arrested five security guards for allegedly shooting at the Minister of State for Lands, Dr Sam Mayanja in Hoima district. The security guards attached to Pyramid Security Group have been identified as Vincent Omara, 28, Vincent Tusingwire 26, Cleophas …