Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The grand finale of Season 2 of the Friends With Benefits contest is being held at Serena Hotel on Thursday. One of nine contestants will be crowned the winner and take home sh30 million. In the run up to the finale, all contestants underwent …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Dirty secrets of 200bn Crane Bank sale exposed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent. COVER STORY Exposed: Dirty secrets of 200bn Crane Bank sale; Documents leak in Bagyenda, Mutebile fight. THE LAST WORD Lesson from Jinja East by-election: Why Uganda’s opposition should take voter turnout seriously if they ever …
Read More »What activists are doing to transform women living under different settings
Activist speaks out on the state of a Ugandan woman and why they won’t be silenced SPECIAL PROJECT: Uganda Women Network (UWONET); transforming women lives ***** Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | March is regarded a women’s month across the world because it’s when the famous International Women’s day falls. This year, …
Read More »Opposition representation not possible in ACP-EU Assembly – Oulanyah
Brussels, Belgium| THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, says it is practically impossible to have the opposition represented in the African, Caribbean and Pacific – European Union (ACP-EU) joint parliamentary assembly. Oulanyah who is leading Uganda’s delegation to the 49th ACP-EU joint parliamentary assembly in Brussels, Belgium …
Read More »Kadaga wants foreign aid tagged to women projects
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has asked donors to tie aid to women-centred projects as a way of empowering local entrepreneurship. Kadaga was speaking during the 62nd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women at the UN headquarters in New York. The Speaker …
Read More »Excitement as 2018 Stanbic National Schools Championship is launched
Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Students are excited after Stanbic Bank launched the 2018 National Schools Championship in conjunction with the Ministry of Education and Sport on March 19. Running under the theme ‘Empowering the job creators of tomorrow’, the competition will seek to nurture entrepreneurship, creativity and long term business thinking. …
Read More »Ugandan pharmacist sues NDA for declaring India Hepatitis B vaccine stock fake
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The proprietor of Safe Script Pharmaceuticals Ltd has sued National Drug Authority (NDA) accusing it of declaring her Hepatitis B vaccinating drug as counterfeit, yet it was inspected and verified by the same officials upon importation. Agnes Nabulwala has filed the case in the Kampala …
Read More »Kipoi transferred from Luzira over fear for his life
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Former Bubulo West MP Tonny Kipoi Nsubuga has been transferred from Luzira prison to Makindye Police Military Barracks over security reasons. This follows a communication made to the General Court Martial in Makindye by the Prosecutor Maj. Raphael Mugisha, that he received intelligence information indicating …
Read More »Police arrest suspect in Ssezi Cheeye case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have confirmed the arrest of a suspect, said to have knocked dead former ISO director Teddy Ssezi Cheeye at Nakawa early this month. “We have arrested the hit and run motocyclist on suspicion of murdering Teddy Seezi Cheeye at Nakawa. The suspect identified as …
Read More »Ligormac Advocates broaden their legal services
Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s corporate law firm, Ligormac Advocates, has broadened its legal services with the inclusion of tax related advisory services to customers. This comes barely four months since the firm entered into a collaboration with the US-based Andersen Tax and the Andersen Global that has nearly …
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