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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has rolled out regional awareness campaigns targeting solar energy consumers and dealers ahead of their proposed crackdown on substandard products in the next financial year.  On Tuesday, UNBS held an intense civic discourse with over 150 entrepreneurs; solar energy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The interim leadership of Wandegeya Market in Kampala has embarked on the registration of all vendors in a bid to reorganize the market.  This is also expected to streamline the allocation of working space to the vendors. The new leaders were elected earlier this year …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met the trade delegation from Kenya who are on a working visit to Uganda over efforts to revive the trade relations between the two countries.    The officials from Kenya started their week-long trip to Uganda on Monday with a …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Nyendo Township Market in Masaka city, is struggling to attract vendors four years after it was commissioned. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in April 2017 commissioned the market which was constructed at 13 billion Shillings obtained from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). The …

Samuel Ocanya is the head of financial inclusion at Letshego Uganda, a microfinance company that offers SME, mortgage and education loans among other lending products. He spoke to Julius Businge on how small and medium enterprises can overcome the COVID-19 crisis. Most businesses have reported a drop in revenue and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has reiterated that no construction project in the oil and gas industry will take place until all affected persons have been compensated or resettled.  This comes after the governments of Uganda and Tanzania and the oil and gas …

The conditions created by Covid-19 seem perfect for the price of gold to rise. Is gold now the best investment asset available? | MUSHTAK PARKER | These are challenging times for everyone as we enter the second year of a pernicious Covid-19 pandemic. There is a general consensus that the …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Gulu District Local Government has approved the rehabilitation of 74.1 kilometres of roads worth 10 Billion Shillings.    Patrick Kinyera, the Gulu District Secretary for Works and Technical Services says that the rehabilitation will close the gaps of maintenance of the roads in the District.    The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Minister of finance Matia Kasaija has tabled a budget of 41.2 trillion shillings for the next financial year 2021/2022. The proposed budget is 4.3 trillion shillings less than last year’s budget. According to the proposed budget tabled before the parliament’s budget committee by the …

Local leadership share impact as they push for more support Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | It is 02:00pm on Thursday April 08, 2021, a pupil at the government aided, Amaji Primary School, Oyamu district is resting on the floor where her bed is laid. The dormitory is congested, poorly …