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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has introduced its latest smartphone offerings in partnership with TakeNow, offering its valued customers a wider range of choices. MTN customers will via this collaboration have access to an extensive selection of Tecno, Itel, and Infinix smartphones in the open market. To further …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Prisons Service on May 16th announced the general promotions of a total of 4,329 junior officers to various ranks. According to the commissioner of prisons, Frank Baine, the promotions were approved at the 30th prisons council meeting held between March 16-17, 2023. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) dropped Hassan Basajjabalaba as the chairperson of Bushenyi Muslim District to the UMSC General Assembly. The development came amidst what seems like an ongoing power struggle at the Muslim body. The UMSC Electoral Commission, chaired by its acting chairperson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya plans to roll out the first consignment of one million locally-assembled smartphones in two months at a unit price of Kshs 5,484 ($40), in a bid to foster digital access and inclusion. ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo said the affordability of smart devices has …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Land Board (BLB) and FIDA Uganda are joining hands to help women in the central region acquire full rights to their land. The two entities announced as they unveiled a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together. The programme is set to begin rolling …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | East African Court of Justice (EACJ) President, Hon. Justice Nestor Kayobera on Monday launched the Sourcebook on Good Governance and Rule of Law in East African Community & the Litigators’ Manual. During the launch of the two resource texts which happened at the EAC Headquarters, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Power trading between Rwanda and Uganda could start soon, Rwanda Energy Development Corporation Limited (EDCL) has revealed. EDCL is a subsidiary of Rwanda Energy Group (REG) mandated to increase investment in the development of new energy generation projects, develop appropriate transmission infrastructure, and execute energy …

Experts speak on 2023/24 allocations, taxes, borrowing COVER STORY | ISAAC KHISA | The government’s plan to spend more money next financial year which it hopes mainly to borrow because it cannot raise it otherwise, has led to accusations that “it is playing politics with the budget”. “Our government should not …

How good institutions become dysfunctional in heterogenous countries with deep interethnic divisions THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week, a friend sent me a long dissertation about Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty, a book by James Robinson and Daron Acemoglu. Why Nations Fail is …

Generative artificial-intelligence models like ChatGPT will revolutionize the economy, though no one can say when COMMENT | BARRY EICHENGREEN | The first rule of forecasting, the financial journalist Jane Bryant Quinn once observed, is this: give them a forecast or give them a date; just never give them both. So, here’s …