🌟 World Cup 2022 ✳ RESULT ⚽ Argentina 1 Saudi Arabia 2 ✳ TODAY ⚽ Denmark vs Tunisia 4pm ⚽ Mexico vs Poland 7pm ⚽ France vs Australia 10pm Doha, Qatar | THE INDEPENDENT | Saudi Arabia produced one of the biggest shocks of the World Cup by beating a Messi …
Read More »Bukalasi SS economics students fail to turn up for UACE
Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three senior six candidates of Bukalasi Secondary School in Bududa district failed to show up on Monday for their Economics paper on day one of the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Examinations-UACE. The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) began conducting UACE for all A’ level candidates beginning …
Read More »United Bank of Africa chief executive visits Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Bank of Africa Group Chief Executive Officer Oliver Alawuba has described Uganda as one of the most dynamic and transformative market that the lender continues to support. Speaking to journbalists on Nov.18, Alawuba said, “Many companies are now laser-focused on transformation – …
Read More »CFAO Motors unveils vehicles for SMEs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | CFAO Uganda, an automotive company in Uganda has unveiled two vehicles – Toyota Belta and Toyota Rumion suited for small and medium enterprises looking to go about their daily activities. Unveiled on Nov.19 in Kampala, the new vehicles will be promoted through a …
Read More »Mbire, Mandela and Karuhanga come out to support Uganda’s oil plan
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s top business leaders have today issued a statement in full support of Uganda’s Lake Albert Oil and Gas Development project. “We give our unreserved and wholehearted, support for the responsible development of the natural resources Uganda is endowed with, including the associated construction of …
Read More »How Nabbanja rescued mother of 7 jailed over sh2.8million debt
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gertrude Nalule, a mother of five with two other dependents has this Monday been released from prison, close to two months after she was jailed for failure to pay a date of 2.88 million Shillings. Additionally, she has been on the verge of losing …
Read More »Byabasaija orders prison warders not to use phones on duty
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the wake of increasing attacks on security personnel, the Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabasaija, has ordered warders and wardresses not to use their mobile phones while on duty. “Staff must not report for duty with phones, for they distract attention and …
Read More »Sironko, Bulambuli LC V chairpersons shun Inzu Ya Masaba consultative meeting
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sironko District LC V Chairperson, Livingstone Giruli and his Bulambuli counterpart, Anent Nandundu skipped a meeting convened by the Bugisu LC V Chairperson’s Forum to find a lasting solution to the dispute over the leadership of the Bamasaba Cultural Institution alias Inzu Ya Masaba. The …
Read More »NABBANJA: Gun salute for Ssemogerere legally dictated
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Prime Minister of Uganda, Robinah Nabbanja has said that government is mandated to honor the late Paul Ssemogerere with a 17-gun-salute as per the constitution. Nabbanja made the statement during the requiem mass for the the late veteran politician at Nattale-Nkumba, in Entebbe. …
Read More »MALABA: DRC bound fuel truck ambushed, driven to Mbale
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Using the modern Regional Electronic Cargo Tracking System (RECTS), the Uganda Revenue Authority’s security team on Friday rescued a fuel truck that had been hijacked by robbers. According to a statement from URA, their Mbale enforcement team foiled the robbery of the fuel truck that …
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