Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Geoffrey Byamukama, a 30-year-old businessman, said he got tempted to put some of his money into schemes promising quick riches. He tried two of these investment plans that his friends recommended, but they didn’t deliver as promised. He ended up losing all his money …
Read More »COMMENT: Satisfying experience at both NIRA, passport and driving permit offices
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | On 22nd Aug 2023, I started a process of acquiring my children’s passports. One of the requirements is that children applying for passports must have birth certificates from NIRA. That condition alone almost stopped me from starting the passport acquisition process. For many years, the NIRA …
Read More »FUFA ends Micho contract
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Soccer governing body FUFA has ended the contract of Uganda Cranes coach Milutin Micho Sredojević days after failing to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations. According to a statement released by FUFA on Thursday, both parties had reached a mutual agreement …
Read More »Prof Anguma appointed Muni University Vice Chancellor
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muni University has appointed Associate Professor Simon Anguma Katrini as its new Vice Chancellor for a 5-year term, following the passing of Professor Christine Dranzoa, the founding Vice Chancellor, on June 28, 2022. In a September 13, 2023 press statement, the University’s Senior Communications …
Read More »GRAIN DEALERS: We are victims of Govt incompetencies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Grain processors and traders have accused government agencies of not doing enough in the fight for quality grain and other agricultural products and exports. It comes as the government intensifies efforts to restore the market stability following the rejections of maize flour on the …
Read More »Defiant Kyagulanyi vows to continue national tours
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform-NUP party president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has vowed to continue with his countrywide mobilisation tours despite a ban from the Uganda Police Force. Speaking to journalists at his offices in Kampala Thursday, Kyagulanyi said the police orders can’t be respected …
Read More »Hail the great Kéré, jewel in the crown of African architecture
Celebrated Burkinabé architect Francis Kéré has won the 2023 Praemium Imperiale prize, compounding his meteoric rise as one of the world’s most fêted architects. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Burkinabé maestro Diébédo Francis Kéré has bagged the prestigious Praemium Imperiale honour to become 2023’s most fetéd African architect. The …
Read More »Russia, DPRK to strengthen good-neighborly relations, promote regional peace
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Moscow and Pyongyang will strive to strengthen good-neighborly relations and promote regional peace, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday during his meeting with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). At the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Oblast of …
Read More »TVET Scholarships: Promises of opportunity ruined by hidden costs
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justus Balyanyuka’s journey toward higher education was painted with dreams of opportunities when he secured a coveted government scholarship to study at Uganda Cooperative College in Tororo. But the reality, hidden beneath the glossy surface of this scholarship, left him disheartened and questioning the true …
Read More »Implementation of Uganda’s energy policy to cost Sh930 trillion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has officially launched an ambitious Energy Policy for Uganda, which is set to require an estimated USD 250 billion, approximately Shillings 930.881 trillion, to implement over a span of 17 years. The launch of the Energy Policy …
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