Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Savers in the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) from the western region want the Fund to start making investments in their part of the country. During a regional employer meeting at Hotel Triangle in Mbarara City on Tuesday, savers said that the fund has …

A groundbreaking study has revealed that sea sponges found in Mauritian waters harbour compounds with the potential to selectively target and eradicate liver cancer cells without causing harm to healthy ones. This discovery offers a paradigm shift in global liver cancer treatment while highlighting a wealth of so-called “biodiscoveries” in …

Faced with having to move somewhere with better rainfall, subsistence farmers in a southern Zimbabwe village instead turned to a different farming technique. Today they are smiling. SPEICAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | When small-hold farmer Gift Chisvo was given land in Zimbabwe’s midlands in the early 2000s under a …

Maracha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Malaba Fish and Livestock border market in Maracha district has reopened more than two years after it was abandoned by vendors. In March 2021, vendors abandoned the market and fled to the neighboring open market across the border on the DRC side after they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) has raised concern over the rampant killings resulting from domestic violence. CID has indicated that there have been a spate in incidents where children are killing their parents, and spouses killing each other. CID cases indicate that the most …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has committed nine suspects to the High Court to face trial on terrorism charges. The suspects are Moses Katende, Abdul Latif, Adam Goloba, Pyzo Musana, Aida Nakamatte, Rahma Namuganza, Rahuma Namara, Hafuswa Namwase, and one  Kabwiso. They reportedly …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commercial bank customers can now opt to pay their outstanding loan balances earlier than scheduled, without fear of being charged for the early clearance. This follows the decision made by the Regulated Financial Institutions under the Uganda Bankers Association (UBA) last month and communicated …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited, in partnership with the Global Influence Club recently held its annual Women in Business Forum running under the theme ‘Breaking Barriers to Trade 2023’ in Kampala. The event brought together several women entrepreneurs and an opportunity to network as …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The three parties claiming ownership of the “Jajja Tova Ku Main” campaign slogan have failed to prove their claim before the Uganda Registration Services Bureau -URSB. The Head of the NRM Office of National Chairman-ONC Hadija Namyalo, Lwengo District Chairman Ibrahim Kitatta and social …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF has intensified its operations along the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo in Kasese in the hunt for suspected Allied Democratic Forces-ADF rebels who killed three people on Tuesday. The attack happened at about 6:40 p.m. near Lake …