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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda Chairman Charles Mbiire has advised banks to invest more time in ensuring they collaborate with telecom companies to meet their growth targets. Mbiire was speaking as a chief guest at a dinner for NCBA Bank customers held in Kampala. He said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s national debt has grown to 24.60 Billion dollars (93.38 Trillion shillings), according to latest report by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development for the period up the December 2023. This is an increase from 23.66 that was recorded at the end …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) have started sensitizing manufacturers about the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution system (EFRIS). The drive comes at a time when the digital tax administration measure that interfaces the taxpayers’ daily transactional operations with …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Peter Ebau, the LCIII Chairperson of Awaliwal in Soroti district has been remanded over aggravated defilement and human trafficking. Ebau, 38, was re-arrested and arraigned to court on Wednesday. He reappeared before the Soroti Grade One Magistrate, Kibirige Kasujja Apollo, on Friday. It is …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Reach A Hand Uganda (RAHU), in collaboration with partners, celebrated World Menstrual Hygiene Day with a special outreach event on 28th May, 2024 at Budondo Playground in Jinja. The event aimed to address menstrual health challenges and empower young girls with the knowledge …

MALABO | Xinhua | Since the establishment of their diplomatic relations, China and Equatorial Guinea have supported and helped each other, yielding rich fruits in bilateral cooperation with broad development prospects, said Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. “China has supported Equatorial Guinea in many fields, both economic and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Norwegian Oil for Development Programme (OfD) is ending over thirty years of support to Uganda’s Petroleum sector, that is now ready for take off. Gunnar Sjögren, the Project Director of International Cooperation at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD)  said Uganda’s petroleum sector’s building …

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform Party (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has asked party members and opposition politicians to stop trading their political beliefs for money. Kyagulanyi was on Wednesday addressing party supporters at Ntawo playground in Mukono Municipality where he noted …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Yasin Ddamulira aka Musubuzi, who has been on the wanted list by Uganda over the 2021 bombing in Kampala has been shot dead by security agencies in Mityana district. According to Col Deo Akiiki the deputy Defence Public Information Officer (DPIO), Ddamulira was on …