Dubai, UAE | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank Uganda Managing Director Anthony Kituuka has delivered a keynote speech to the bank’s customers in Dubai about building a successful business back home. This was at the Smart Minds Business Conference Friday at the Royal Pillar Events Auditorium. He will follow this with another talk at the 3rd …
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Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The election of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer for Kisoro District Woman MP race is ongoing amidst a low turnout of voters. The candidates include are Rose Kabagyeni, the Senior Presidential Advisor on Agriculture, Brenda Fancy Nirere, Grace Ngabirano Akifeza, Hellen Mbonye, …
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Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | The 7th edition of the Kampala Geopolitics Conference, held at Makerere University, cemented its reputation as a leading platform for critical discourse on international relations, global economics, and social issues specific to the African continent. This year’s theme, “The African Dimensions in International …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Baati Limited, a provider of building solutions, has embarked on a series of regional training sessions aimed at equipping fundis (builders) with up-to-date market trends and knowledge to enhance the value they offer their customers during construction. These trainings, targeting over 2,500 …
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Uganda’s Coffee Authority Faces Dissolution as Parliament Advances Bill Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & PARLIAMENT WATCH | The Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of the Kingdom of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has said coffee growing under their “Emmwanyi Terimba” initiative will go on unabated despite the planned disbandment of the Uganda Coffee Development …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPNDENT & URN | Makerere University Retirement Benefits Scheme (MURBS) has declared a record interest rate of 13.40% on members’ savings for the financial year 2023/2024. Dr. Elizabeth Patricia Nansubuga, Chairperson of the MURBS Board of Trustees, announced this while releasing the scheme’s performance report during …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the High Court (ICD) has sentenced former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo to 40 years in jail over war crimes and crimes against humanity. The sentence was delivered Friday by a four-member panel of judges of the ICD …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police Crime Intelligence, Flying Squad, and Kawempe Police have arrested seven suspected members of a robbery gang that has been terrorizing Kampala Metropolitan areas. An officer attached to Kawempe Police Division said the gang has been wreaking havoc in Kampala, using four motorcycles …
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Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has donated 300 million Shillings to the Bonabagagawale-Nyekundiire Group to support farmers and older needy persons. Nyekundiire has over 180,000 members drawn from six districts which include Rukungiri, Rukiga, Ntungamo, Rubanda, Kabale and Kisoro. Peace Rugambwa Twinamatsiko, Nyekundiire Chairperson said Museveni’s 300 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) undertakes the redesign of numerous roads, converting some roundabouts into T-junctions, Esther Bayiga, a Research Associate at the Trauma, Injuries and Disability (TRIAD) Unit of Makerere University, cautions that such junctions are high-risk locations for pedestrian safety. Bayiga …
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