Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Belgian gold refiner Alain Goetz has said that sanctions that were imposed against him by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control over his alleged involvements in the gold trade in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were based on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has urged Ugandans to stay calm, not to panic as commodity prices rise saying that the situation is only temporary. Speaking at the government media center in Kampala, the Minister for ICT and National Guidance Dr. Chris Baryomunsi said the causes for the …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Most Ugandan goods are yet to get clearance to be imported into Rwanda, a month after border-reopening, our reporter has learnt. The Rwandan authorities ‘fully reopened’ the border this month, a month after partial re-opening. President Paul Kagame had closed the borders on February …
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Art is not pretentious that the viewer should feel the need to go to art school to acquire a certain level of knowledge to appreciate it. Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | “Don’t put money before art!” was the resounding warning by Francis Xavier Musango Gwantamu; the illustrious artist and …
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Fronting Revolving Fund as a Flagship is putting the development cart before the horse COMMENT | WALTER AKENA | In February 2022, Government of Uganda launched the Parish Development Model (PDM). The PDM aims to lift the 39% of Uganda’s population from the subsistence to money economy and has seven …
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Seattle, USA | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The team that flew out Tuesday from Uganda to Seattle to check on hospitalized Speaker Jacob Oulanyah is ready to update the country on his health. Deputy Speaker Anita Among will issue a statement in the coming hours. Democratic Party (DP) President Norbert …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has confirmed that the spike in cases of flu-like symptoms amongst learners in most schools is a result of an outbreak of the seasonal Influenza Type-A and Type-B, and not COVID-19. The Ministry of Health has recently tested one school …
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Pan-African telecommunications service provider, SEACOM, unveiled its regional expansion strategy for the Ugandan and East African markets. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The launch held in Kampala on March 10 was attended by a cross-section of clients, business partners, staff, representatives of key government ministries and parastatals in Uganda, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s National Social Security Fund will commence payment of eligible members for the mid-term access to their contributions on March.17 in response to the new pension law. President Yoweri Museveni assented into the amended pension law, NSSF Act 2022, paving way for contributors …
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President Yoweri Museveni has set himself an ambitious development target. Through the Parish Development Model unveiled recently, is seeking to lift the country’s annual GDP growth rate to at least 7% by 2040 – up from 5.1% projected for 2022. Madina Guloba, a development economist, unpacks the new planning model. …
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