Kakiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chinese investors operating different factories in Kakiri Town, Wakiso District have petitioned the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to express their frustration with the erratic electricity supply in the area. Represented by Cai Jiashun, Zong Bo and Lin Yangbin, the investors early this week petitioned …
Read More »Police cautions bodas on using Northern Bypass flyovers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The traffic police have cautioned boda boda riders against using northern bypass flyovers because they have increasingly become death traps. Farida Nampiima, the traffic police spokesperson, explains that boda boda riders who use the upper part of northern bypass have increasingly become victims of …
Read More »Crested Cranes are CECAFA senior women’s champs
Uganda 3 Burundi 1 Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s National Women’s Football team has won the CECAFA Senior Championship after defeating Burundi 3-1 in the final of the tournament staged at FUFA Technical Center, Njeru. In front of thousands of fans who gathered in Njeru to cheer the …
Read More »Why young pupils are burning schools in Uganda
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fire investigators have established that dormitories burnt at two separate schools last week in Wakiso district were set ablaze by primary four and primary seven pupils. It started with fire at Young Elite School in Kasokoso, Kira Municipality where a dormitory was burnt in afternoon …
Read More »Russia set to withdraw from world tourism body
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed an order on Friday authorizing the country’s withdrawal from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). The proposal was made by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which had reached an agreement with relevant government bodies, according to the published order. UNWTO members …
Read More »UNBS warns of alcoholic content in all Kombucha drinks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Bureaus of Standards UNBS has declared that all Kombucha products on the Ugandan market are alcoholic beverages, based on the process they go through. Kombucha beverage is produced by adding certain strains of a Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast – SCOBY …
Read More »EITI asks Uganda to publish oil, mining contracts or be penalised
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two years since Uganda joined the Extractives Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) it is yet to meet one of the most critical provisions of the initiative, that is disclosure of details of Production Sharing Agreements. EITI is an international initiative aimed at enhancing transparency in …
Read More »Construction of JLOS House kicks off
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of the Justice, Law, and Order Sector-JLOS house has commenced at Naguru. Two contractors, Seyani Brothers Limited and Semion Uganda Limited are undertaking the construction of the over 256.5 billion Shillings facility on 5 acres of land along Katalima Road. The construction shall …
Read More »US household wealth declines for first time in 2 years in Q1
Washington, USA | Xinhua | U.S. household wealth declined for the first time in two years in the first quarter this year, edging down to 149.3 trillion U.S. dollars, Reuters reported. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday released figures on the financial health of U.S. households in a report for …
Read More »Stagflation creeps in on Uganda and neighbors – World Bank
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and some of its neighbours will have a hard time as a new World Bank report warns of a possibility of high global inflation accompanied by tepid growth, reminiscent of the stagflation of the 1970s. The Global Economic Prospects Report predicts that Uganda …
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