Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Aavishkaar Capital (Aavishkaar), an Aavishkaar Group company and a global pioneer in taking an entrepreneurship-based approach to scaling businesses for impact, in partnership with KfW, a German state-owned investment and development bank, has unveiled a second investment from the ESG First Fund in …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies have arrested 20 people suspected to have aided the Allied Democratic Forces – ADF rebels to attack Lhubiriha secondary School in Kasese District on Friday. The attackers raided the school at Mpondwe town which is about 2 kilometres from the Uganda-DRC border …
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Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | The Uganda Ladies Golf Union has introduced a Order of Merit in the Ladies game. The move is meant to improve the game amongst the lady golfers in the country and also to determine the best lady golfers in the country at the …
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Entebbe, Uganda | PHILLIP CORRY | Brian Rwehabura and Vanessa Peris claimed the Men’s and Ladies Overall crowns at the Hima Cement sponsored Captain’s Putter at the par 71 Lakeside side Entebbe Club on the weekend. Rwehabura returned 63 nett for the men’s title and Peris 64 nett to scoop …
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Vatican, Italy | THE INDEPENDENT | Pope Francis has expressed his condolences and prayed for the students who lost their lives in a brutal attack at Lhubiriha Secondary School in Kasese district. The attack, which occurred on Friday night, and resulted in the tragic deaths of at least 42 people …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today resumed official work as Head-of-State, a day after confirming his recovery from COVID-19. In a statement issued by the Presidential Press Unit, Museveni chaired the weekly cabinet meeting at State House Entebbe on Monday. Museveni has been under self-isolation …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An operation targeting thugs involved in waylaying pedestrians and breaking into homes in Kampala and its neighborhood has led to the re-arrest of 18 hardcore criminals. The police, accompanied by the military, conducted the operations in Namungoona, Nansana, and Kosovo, resulting in the arrest …
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Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 17, Diamond Trust Bank opened a new branch in Hoima, along Main Street Hoima City in the mid-Western region of Uganda. The opening of the Hoima branch brings DTB Uganda’s branch network to 36. This comes in line with the bank’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank (UDB)has committed to scaling up its interventions with the 2023/23 national budget allocation to the Bank. The allocation to the the country’s national development finance Institution was announced during the 2023/24 budget reading by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, …
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42 died in ADF attack, Mpondwe-Lhubiriha SS Closed Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo has urged school owners and managers to continuously implement the security measures that the government set for them to ensure the safety of learners. He was presiding over …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
