Private sector optimism picked up in February, ending a two month sequence of job cuts and supported by preparations for a wider reopening of schools in the coming months as concerns over the general election period receded. Posting a reading of 51.2 for February, the Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) …
Read More »Kenya’s maize ban not just trade issue-Uganda cancer institute boss
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s decision to ban the importation of maize from Uganda has raised widespread concern in the country. Some Members of Parliament have urged the government to intervene at the East Africa Community level, saying the ban would affect the market for Ugandan farmers along …
Read More »Patient navigators: The new armouri Uganda’s cancer management
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For decades, cancer patients in Uganda have painstakingly endured barriers in accessing life-saving treatment at Uganda Cancer Institute. That may not be the case anymore as Uganda Cancer Institute integrates the patient navigation program as part of the services in cancer management in Uganda. It …
Read More »UGX 50 million abattoir lies idle in Omoro town council
Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Butchers in Omoro Town Council have rejected an abattoir over the appalling state of the facility. In 2018, the Town Council allocated 50 Million Shillings and constructed a modern slaughterhouse at Opit Central Ward and later officially handed it over to the butchers in December, …
Read More »Former cattle rustler excels in fruit growing
Napak, Uganda | Julius Businge | John Baptist Angolere 48, abandoned cattle rustling after surviving death eight times during cattle raids. The father of seven has now settled down in Auriki Akinei village in Iriiri Sub County in Napak district where he has excelled as a fruit farmer. He is involved in growing mangoes, …
Read More »4, 000 pearl dairy farmers to benefit from beekeeping, production
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | A total of 4,000 farmers/people will benefit from Pearl Dairy Farms Limited’s new line of business, honey keeping/processing in the next four years. The company will plant a total of 20, 000 beehives at the farmers’ farms in addition to training them (farmers) on how …
Read More »Three women find fortune in riding boda boda in Arua
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Female Boda boda ridders in Arua city are ripping big in the industry that is dominated by their male counterparts. There are three known female Boda boda riders in Arua city. One operates in Arua City central division; another is stationed at Odramacaku in Ayivu …
Read More »Landless women in Kitgum profit from vegetable farming on dry river bed
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women in Kitgum Municipality are reaping big from growing vegetables on the dry river bed. Immaculate Atenyo a widow and resident of Kitgum Municipality owns no land and has not been able to rent any arable land for farming due to her inability to make …
Read More »Kyaggwe county head irritated over sell of parish court land
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elija Bogeere Lubanga Mulembya, the Kyaggwe county head (Ssekiboobo) under the Buganda Kingdom administration is dismayed by real estate dealers selling off land hosting the traditional parish courts alias ekitawuluzi. He says the Kingdom is losing for most its historical land as Buganda Land Board …
Read More »UEDCL takes over Bundibugyo Electricity Generation Company
What lies ahead as government agency takes over electricity distribution in the Rwenzori territory Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Bundibugyo District and its neighbourhoods have had frequent electricity outages for many years, leaving Bundibugyo Energy Cooperative Society’s (BECS) staff running up and about to fix the problem. For that, …
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