Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The state minister in Charge of Industry at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives David Bahati has pledged to work with Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) and other sector players in addressing the challenge of illicit alcohol that costs Gov’t billions of lost taxes. …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has released the results for the 2023 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examination with 80,643 students meeting the criteria for admission into university degree programs. University admissions to degree courses in Uganda have, up to date, have …

  Entebbe , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Stanbic Bank has committed 500 million to Entebbe Club for the next 3 years as part of the rebranded Stanbic Bank Golf Match Play Challenge from March 16-12th October. This exciting Match Play tournament has been running for 7 seasons at East …

COMMENT | NICHOLAS REED LANGEN | Day by day, week by week, courts are increasingly becoming the front line in the struggle to preserve democracy from populists and authoritarians. In the United States, the Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments on a decision by Colorado’s highest court that Donald Trump is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  UNEB will today release the Advanced Certificate of Examinations-UACE results. Students need to obtain two principal passes, needed to join the university. A total of 110,553 candidates registered for the 2023 UACE examination from 2,102 centres compared to 97,890 candidates from 1,969 centres in …

Smile Train and Lifebox advocate for the inclusion of a capnograph as an essential anaesthesia monitoring equipment for safer surgery Singapore City, Singapore | THE INDEPENDENT | In a significant move to improve safety for millions of people undergoing surgery each year, Smile Train and global nonprofit, Lifebox, have come …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Equity Bank is set to celebrate Women’s Month with a series of special events aimed at empowering and enabling women in small-scale businesses to achieve their full potential.  In line with the International Women’s Day theme of ‘invest in women; Accelerate progress,’ Equity Bank …

Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES |  Journalist, lawyer and human rights advocate Agather Atuhaire has been recognised for her work to promote the rule of law in Uganda. Atuhaire was one of 13 women from across the world who were presented with U.S. State Department’s  International Women of Courage …

COMMENT | IAN BURUMA | On January 17, 2021, when Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny boarded a plane to Moscow from Berlin, where he had been treated after being poisoned in Russia with the nerve agent Novichok, he said he was pleased to be going home. But he knew the risks …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Egyptian national, Ahmed Zinhom Ibrahim Selim, whose body was recovered from a swamp in Soroti district on Saturday was killed over business rivalry with his fellow countrymen, the police have revealed. Zinhom, 32, has been supplying kitchenware and appliances to various individuals, including civil servants. The kitchenware …