New York, U.S. | Xinhua | Oil prices rose on Tuesday after hitting their lowest levels since January in the prior session. The West Texas Intermediate for November delivery increased 1.79 U.S. dollars, or 2.3 percent, to settle at 78.5 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders under the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) have petitioned the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, on the high costs of doing business and prayed that government stops selective giving of tax waivers. KACITA led by their Chairperson, Thadeus Musoke, said that following the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked the European Parliament to stay away from Uganda’s oil industry and learn to be tolerant of other people. This comes as the debate of the EU Parliament resolution that called for the halting of the Uganda crude export pipeline earlier …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom His Highness Dr. Solomon Gafabusa Iguru Agutamba Rukirabasaija is not happy with the EU Parliament over a resolution to stay the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) for a year. The EU Parliament wants the entire EACOP project delayed …

Kikuube, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials have ruled out an outbreak of Ebola in Kyangwali refugee settlement area in Kikuube district. There was panic among refugees at the settlement after two of the refugees presented with symptoms similar to those of Ebola. The patients both men aged 40 and …

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda’s National Social Security Fund plans to unveil the first 550 housing units at its Temangalo housing project for sale in 2024 as it seeks to tap into the growing demand for accommodation in the Kampala Metropolitan Area. NSSF Managing Director Richard Byarugaba said …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police Martin Ochola, has warned private security companies that have not heeded the order of deploying two guards per station to minimize incidents of being targeted by thugs. Ochola in what he has termed as ‘final warning’ issued on his …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Today, Housing Finance Bank officially launched its Government Securities Portal with a campaign dubbed” Invest On The Go” at Mestil Hotel and Residences, Kampala. The online portal, which is housed on the Bank’s website allows customers to buy Treasury Bills and Bonds from …

Kinshaha, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday officially declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that reemerged six weeks ago in the country’s northeastern North Kivu province. With only one case confirmed, the just-ended outbreak was one of the DRC’s least catastrophic. A previous …

Eng. Ahmed Ssentumbwe and Emmanuel Dennis  write that Government of Uganda partner Evidence Action will expand its safe water program to reach 4.4 million people in the Eastern region SPECIAL FEATURE |  September 28, 2022 Kampala, Uganda | Water is one of the most important requirements for human health and life …