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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank with dominant presence in Uganda has set up a Commercial Representative Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as it prepares to commence operations. The Bank has appointed Hassan Maalim as the Head of the Commercial Representative Office which will be based at Kazanchis-Addis Ababa …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the government to give an assurance to the public about the status of Murchison falls. Recently power regulator, Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), announced that they had received an application from Bonang Power Energy Ltd, a South African …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile has refused to reveal the amount of money the institution was carrying into the country when extra pellets were discovered on a chartered plane. He also said he was not aware of the police investigations into claims of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Staff Appeals Tribunal will resume next month. This is according to Retired High Court Judge, John Patrick Mashongo Tabaro, the new tribunal chairperson. The tribunal last sat in April under the leadership of George Omunyokol whose term ended in March. Justice Tabaro, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga wants integrity studies included in the national school curricula. Kadaga was on Tuesday meeting pupils of Dream Africa Schools who had paid a courtesy call on her. Led by Jackline Rukundo, the Public Relations officer of the school, the …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The Uganda National Alliance on clean cooking (UNACC) is calling on members of the public involved in the sector to use clean cooking methods so as to reduce emissions that are disastrous to the environment. UNACC is an umbrella organisation involved in activities of clean fuels …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More Ugandans are likely to take on insurance cover as more insurance firms partner with commercial banks to come up with the products. This, according to Gary Corbit, the CEO of Sanlam General Insurance, is due to the fact the trust people have in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government Spokesperson Ofwono Opondo has dismissed a report that the ongoing investigation into a procurement scam involving the Central Bank involves the printing of extra currency by some Bank of Uganda (BoU) officials. Earlier media reports quoted Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga saying that Police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Counterfeited sachet waragi and cosmetics worth 600 million Shillings have been impounded in an operation mounted by the International Police Uganda (Interpol -Uganda), in Kampala. Interpol Director Benson Oyo Nyeko says the operation followed a tip-off on trucks transporting fake waragi and cosmetics. Nyeko …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda needs USD 7.5 million ( 28 billion Shillings) to tackle the current Ebola hemorrhagic fever outbreak in Kasese district. Ministry of Health (MOH) spokesperson Emmanuel Ainebyoona says funding is the biggest component of Uganda’s Ebola response as the country remains on high alert …