Families getting out of poverty is a good first step to supporting women Kiruhura, Uganda | President Yoweri Museveni has showcased the development and growth of Kiruhura district as one that the rest of the country can learn from to leapfrog to sufficient household income through commercial agriculture. At the International …
Read More »TOP FEATURE: Meet the women who take care of our animals
SPECIAL FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | On this Women’s Day 2023, The Independent sought a word from a selection of Uganda’s Vet ladies who continue to set the pace in the world of medicine. “Today’s veterinarians are the only doctors educated to protect the health of both animals and people. They …
Read More »🔴 BOMB SCARE: Entebbe Expressway closed
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Entebbe Express Highway was Wednesday morning closed for an hour, as the Police Bomb squad investigated a suspicious package. Traffic flow was however restored an hour later at about 9am, when the suspected metallic substance was taken to Naguru to be …
Read More »UN Secretary-General urges M23 rebels to respect ceasefire
Beni, DRC | XINHUA & URN | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the M23 rebel group to respect the latest ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a UN spokesman said. Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for Guterres, said the secretary-general urged the M23 to respect the ceasefire …
Read More »CAF: Can Uganda’s Vipers score first goal of Group stage?
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | VIPERSSC.CO.UG | It’s not yet time to lay down tools. Vipers SC have got to roll down their sleeves as they face Tanzanian giants Simba SC in the return leg on Match Day Four of the CAF Champions League group stage tonight. While the Venoms …
Read More »COVID-19 rescue facility for MSMEs performing miserably
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has admitted that a package introduced to rescue small and micro enterprises from the effects of COVID-19, has hardly worked, almost one and a half years later. According to information from the Bank, just six billion shillings has been …
Read More »This isn’t the Museveni that we have known
The puzzling secrets of the Karamoja iron-sheets saga COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | A Cabinet minister accused of drawing a pistol during an argument with a woman has resigned, Radio Uganda announced Wednesday. President Yoweri Museveni accepted the resignation of Internal Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire ″because the National Resistance Movement …
Read More »Children remain on Kampala streets despite several operations
SPECIAL FEATURE | Hafitha Issa & Christopher Kisekka- URN | When walking through the main intersections of Kampala central business district, you will always encounter children in tattered clothes begging for money from pedestrians and motorists. “Mpayo ekikumi”. This is loosely translated as ‘give me Shillings 100’ is a common …
Read More »RESULTS: 67,000 UACE candidates qualify to join university
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 67,815 out of 97,890 candidates who sat the 2022 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Examinations-UACE have qualified to join a university this year. Speaking on Friday at the office of the Prime Minister in Kampala, Dan Odongo, the Uneb Executive Secretary said those …
Read More »NSSF PROBE: Minister Amongi should resign in public interst
🔵 Top NSSF Probe recommendations ✳ MOUs with COFTU be terminated ✳ MOU to compensate Geraldine Ssali sh1bn be terminated ✳ Get back Sh2.3bn from West Nile Golf Club ✳ Sack Head of business Sajjabi ✳ Notu & Coftu refund sh896 million ✳ Lifestyle audit of MD Byarugaba, agMD Ayota …
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