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Ugandan population has always treasured owning motor vehicles because of a poor transport network. But the actual sales in the past few months have been on a decline amidst continued growth in inquiries. Autochek Uganda’s Country Manager, Jacob Muddu, in an interview with The Independent shares some insights about the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has pledged its commitment to ensuring that child labour is eliminated by 2025.  The recently released 2021 National Labour Force Survey (NLFS), by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), indicated that 6.2 million (40%) of children aged 5 -17 years were in child …

Deals signed, networks made, entrepreneurial knowledge shared Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | From November 22-24, the 4th edition of the annual Uganda Innovations Week (UIW) kicked off in Kampala, organized by Start-up Uganda, with hundreds of participants from the private sector, government, and other fields participating both physically and …

The projected total Gross Written Premium at the end of year 2022 is Shs1.3tn supported by a strong economy according to industry regulator Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s insurance sector has remained on a positive growth trajectory in the third quarter of 2022, with the total gross written …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The committee on Defence and Internal Affairs is considering investigating a new firm contracted by the Government to print ‘smart’ and ‘digital’ national identity cards. In 2018, the government entered into a joint venture with Veridos, a German company to set up a printing …

  New programme seeks to make small-scale gold mining safer, cleaner and more profitable Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | A new five year project is seeking to eliminate mercury use among Uganda’s artisanal and small scale miners. The project which is targeting 4,500 artisanal miners working in 11 mines …

EBOLA FIGHT: The good and bad news Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health on average receives about 160 alerts every day of possible Ebola, according to the Disease Outbreak News (DON) of Nov.24 by the World Health Organisation (WHO). It says during the week commencing Nov.14, …

HIV experts want priority shifted to vulnerable groups Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As the world gears up to commemorate this year’s World AIDS Day which is celebrated every December 1, experts in the HIV prevention, treatment and research want the international community to focus and support more ‘priority populations’ …

What makes successful laws and why some are easily violated and others upheld THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | This week, I watched a 2013 video clip of Prof. Joe Oloka-Onyango talking about constitutionalism in Uganda. In a very eloquent speech, he decried the continued defilement of Uganda’s constitution. …

Will he turn on the charm or signal end of schmoozing? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | U.S. President Joe Biden has invited 49 of 54 African leaders for a three-day summit scheduled for 13-15 December. Not invited are Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sudan, Mali, Eritrea, and Western Sahara. This means that …