Tag Archives: Uganda

Why the personality of the head of a country or a leader at any level is vital and can have great impact COMMENT | JOSEPH BOSSA | Love him or hate him, Andrew Mwenda is one of the more significant public intellectuals in the East African region. That he appears to …

The new tax move will stifle economic recovery, kill innovation Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s government is left with just a month to announce the new budget for the Financial Year 2018/19. But it appears there is bad news as government plans to increase taxes on products and …

Uganda ??  249/5 Bermuda ?? 60 all out (Uganda wins by 189 runs) Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia | THE INDEPENDENT | Captain Roger Mukasa scored an impressive 97 runs from 135 balls including six fours  as Uganda put her ICC World Cricket League Division 4 hopes back on track on Monday. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Managing Director of National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Richard Byarugaba, has urged employees to save for their future retirement. He said statistics in the East African region show that Uganda has one of the least saving culture which is not good for the economy. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan rice farmers and dealers have cried out to government to rethink a policy encouraging more rice imports, which they say is pushing them from the marketplace. In a two-page appeal published in The Daily Monitor, the Rice Association of Uganda-AU, says it is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commercial banks have recorded a mixed bag of fortunes over the last one year, according to financial reports released today. The financial results released today show a decline in profits for some banks and microfinance deposit-taking institutions and losses for others. Banks that reported losses …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kalangala district local government has lost 105 million Shillings in taxes this month alone, as a result of due to the absence of MV Kalangala, a ferry that plies the Entebbe Kalangala route. Kalangala district chairperson Willy Lugoloobi says the vessel which carries up to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has asked schools to suspend all immunization drives against Hepatitis B, a viral infection that attacks the liver and can cause both acute and chronic liver disease. Dr Bernard Opar, a Program Manager of Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization …

New Novartis study shows why countries will miss malaria eradication targets despite successful prevention campaigns Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Malaria figures in Uganda are alarming; with 2017 Ministry of Health statistics showing the disease still claims about 80,000 lives per year, equivalent to an average of 200 people every …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A recommendation for the abolition of District Land Boards is a bad move, Sylvia Namukasa Mubiru, the Executive Director of Legal Aid Service Providers Network (LASPNET) has stated. Her comments are in reference to the recent recommendations made by the land probe committee …