Barcelona, Spain | Xinhua | One of the star technologies on show at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress 2021 (MWC21) this week was 5G, the fifth-generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks. Companies present at the major international trade fair that was called off last year due to the pandemic brought along …
Read More »Kitgum health workers demand Covid-19 risk allowances
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers at Kitgum General Hospital are demanding their unpaid risk allowances for treating COVID-19 patients. The risk allowance was part of 31.4 Million Shillings that was disbursed by the Health and Finance Ministry in October last year to the district taskforce. According to the …
Read More »Masaka commercial officer on spot for revoking license of milk traders
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The senior commercial officer for Masaka City Council is on the spot for cancelling the trading license of milk dealers. Joseph Ronald Mugerwa is accused of using his office to oppress some milk dealers with intentions of kicking them out of business, based on individual …
Read More »Former Uganda Baati employee fined UGX 20m for defrauding company
Justice Ssekaana awarded damages worth 20 million shillings on grounds that an award of exemplary damages should not be excessive Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has ordered a former employee of Uganda Baati to pay 20 Million Shillings in damages for defrauding the company. Justice Musa Ssekaana …
Read More »Joel Kayiira assumes office of Kayunga LC V chairperson
Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joel Kayiira, 28, has assumed the office of LC V chairperson Kayunga district. Kayiira who has been Vice-Chairperson replaces Ffefeka Sserubogo who died last month. Kayiira, a member of the National Unity Platform-NUP, who is also a councillor representing Ggaliraya sub-county says that he will …
Read More »IMF loan to Uganda will be tracked on quarterly basis
IMF loan approved will be disbursed in three financial years Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed that expenditure of the USD 1 billion (3.5 trillion Shillings) loan that Uganda is receiving will be tracked on a quarterly basis. The loan approved on Monday will …
Read More »EU Digital COVID Certificate officially comes into force
Brussels, Belgium | Xinhua | The European Union’s Digital COVID Certificate officially came into force on Thursday, allowing EU citizens and residents to have their pass issued and verified across the bloc. By Wednesday evening, 21 out of the 27 EU member states, as well as Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, were …
Read More »Uganda still ranking high among countries managing COVID-19 better
Uganda has remained consistent in curbing spread of the virus and through various interventions has kept the death toll very low. Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | New rankings by World Statistics website Worldometer have placed Uganda among the top countries that are managing the COVID-19 pandemic better globally. The country which is …
Read More »Gulu city approves UGX 48,000 annual fee for boda boda riders
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City Council has approved an annual fee of Shillings 48,000 for boda boda riders operating within the city. This is an increase of Shillings 28,000 set in the financial year 2020/2021. There are over 7,000 boda boda riders in Gulu operating under various boda …
Read More »Opposition MPs suspicious of plan to install digital trackers in vehicles
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament in the opposition have criticized the government’s move to install digital monitors in all vehicles and motorbikes in the country. Last month, President Museveni said every vehicle and motorcycle will be required to have a digital monitoring device as …
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