Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund, with support from the Uganda National Roads Authority, has embarked on a sensitisation drive to ensure contractors in the road sector comply with the remittance of social security contributions for their workers. In a news release sent to …

Kassanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kassanda District Local Government has alleged that it is losing at least 1.5 billion Shillings daily in revenue to artisanal and small-scale gold miners. The LCV Chairperson, Kasirye Zimula, revealed that they have investigated and discovered that more than four kilograms of gold worth …

  Njeru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Royal De Heus, parent company to Koudijs, a leading livestock feed provider in Uganda, has held a ground breaking ceremony for its new plant to be built in Njeru, near Jinja. The plant will be the first dedicated aquafeed plant in Uganda. At …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The High Court in Kampala has ordered that the Justice Mary Stella Arach-Amoko be buried in Nebbi District. “The late Justice Stella Arach Amoko is entitled to her culture even in death; and she is entitled to be buried according to the culture and customs …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 2000 entrepreneurs that participated in various training modules in the Stanbic Accelerator Program, Enterprise Development Program, Micro Enterprise Development Program and Supplier Development Program; to equip them with relevant business skills at the Stanbic Business Incubator Limited (SBIL) between January 2022 and April …

In an era of AI and blockchain, the simple text message seems distinctly old-fashioned. But text messaging’s USSD technology remains a key feature for African businesses. Here’s how a crackdown on customer information sharing suddenly makes USSD even more attractive. SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | African businesses are continuing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU), has released examination results for the May 2023 cohort revealing a decline in performance. According to the release, the pass rate for the Certified Public Accountants, for example, was 32 percent, having declined from 36 …

Tianjin, China | XINHUA |  Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao submitted the instrument of acceptance for the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies to Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in north China’s Tianjin Municipality on Tuesday. The submission means the Chinese side has completed its domestic legal procedures …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Child and Family Protection Unit of the Police has raised concern over the increasing cases of missing children. Caroline Kushemererwa, the Head of the Child and Family Protection Unit in Kampala Metropolitan Area says that many of the girls come from different parts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the fight and sensitization against disease, the Rotary Club of Lubowa has launched a community project of distributing free malaria prevention trees (repellant) and a fruit tree at their hospitality gathering in Arkright City-Bwebajja at the weekend. Assistant Governor Florence Mukiibi who officiated at …