Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s electricity utility Eskom at the weekend resumed power outages, citing a “vulnerable” generating system, just weeks after implementing the severest rationing in recent times. The debt-laden company which generates around 95 percent of the country’s electricity, on Sunday said the cuts …
Read More »Pearl Dairy excites needy children
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pearl Dairy Farms Limited, the producers of LATO Milk and the initiators of the LATO Help initiative last month brought together its beneficiaries and their parents at a Christmas party held at Lohana Academy in Kampala. The “Lato Help initiative” is under the company’s …
Read More »UNBS opens Shs22bn food lab
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has opened the UNBS national food safety laboratory building whose construction started in 2010 when the body acquired land to build its headquarters in Bweyogerere Industrial Park. Ben Manyindo, the UNBS executive director said on Dec.12. The …
Read More »ICPAU supports 10 students
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda has awarded scholarships to 10 students, six of whom are female and four are male.This is to enable them pursue the Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (CPA-U) qualification. The beneficiaries are fresh university graduates drawn from …
Read More »Vivo energy to spend Shs600m on customers for ten weeks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vivo Energy Uganda’s national customer promotion that will see over 15,000 motorists rewarded with up to Shs600million worth of prizes has started. The promotion that started on Dec.16 will run up to Feb.16 at 105 Shell service stations across the country Dubbed 10 Weeks …
Read More »President commends Ntungamo Christians
Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has hailed the people of Ntungamo District in South Western Uganda for being united despite having different religious affiliations and also for now waking up to fight against household poverty through practicing commercial farming. “I congratulate the people of Ntungamo for …
Read More »BoU staff expect Kasekende’s contract to be renewed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several Bank of Uganda staff expect the contract of the Deputy Governor Dr Louis Kasekende to be renewed in the coming days. Dr Kasekende’s contract will expire on 18 January 2020, completing a decade in the same position and making him the longest-serving deputy …
Read More »Museveni begins jungle march to highlight liberation struggle
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday began a six-day march through the jungle to re-trace the route through which his guerrilla forces seized power three decades ago, which critics dismissed as a bid to rally support ahead of 2021 elections. Museveni is one of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders, …
Read More »Hotel in Kitgum refuses to host People Power consultation meeting
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jaflo Garden Hotel in Kitgum municipality has turned down a booking by People Power movement to hold their consultation meeting. Sebastian Ogoni, the people power regional youth coordinator for Northern Uganda says that they had planned to hold the meeting on Tuesday and had already …
Read More »Mak Law school on spot for blocking student from studies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Law School is on the spot for blocking a student from studies for five years. Gwendolinn Musimenta was admitted to Makerere University’s Bachelor of Law course in 2012 and was supposed to graduate in 2017. However, on March 31, 2015, the Makerere University …
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