However, SBG Securities Ltd.’s revenues were impacted largely by a drop in capital markets activities Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic shareholders will get Shs 6.98 per share totalling Shs 235bn following a 33% growth in profits for the year ended December 31, 2022. This is 1.7% higher than the …
Read More »Three arrested for possession of suspected Rhino and Hippopotamus teeth
Kiryandongo , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Three suspects are in custody at Kiryandongo Central Police Station for the illegal possession of wildlife products. The suspects are Bernard Enying, 29, a resident of Kigumba Town Council, Eston Nyitu, 33, a resident of Kibiramatu village in Kigumba Sub County, and John Onek, …
Read More »African Parliamentarians call for scrutiny of International Instruments on family values and sovereignty
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Parliamentarians who attended a conference on family values and sovereignty have called on their respective governments to cease signing international instruments that bind their countries without allowing legislators to scrutinize them. The call was a response to what they perceived as a new …
Read More »Raila, Ruto teams close ranks and welcome truce
“Coalition, nusu mkate, handshake and bipartisan mean the same thing and I am comfortable with it as far as there is peace bora amani (so long as there is peace)” Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | President William Ruto and Azimio leader Raila Odinga troops have welcomed the Sunday truce …
Read More »Local tourist drowns in Lake Albert during Sunday tour
Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 30 year old man has drowned in the waters of Lake Albert in Buliisa district. The deceased has been identified as Gerald Twinamatsiko, an employee of Devise Solution Engineering Company Limited based in Kasenyi village, Ngwedu sub-county in Buliisa. The incident occurred on Sunday …
Read More »Makerere secures UGX 8B to renovate Lumumba Hall
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has secured Shillings 8 billion from the government to commence the renovation of Lumumba hall, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, has revealed. The hall has been vacant for over eight months after students were asked to vacate for the impending renovations. The government-sponsored …
Read More »Private cars exempted from trashcan penalty, not littering – NEMA
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Environment Management Authority, NEMA, has now excluded private vehicles from the requirement to have a dustbin installed in, though they remain subjected to littering laws. In the public notice “to Implement Express Penalty Scheme for environmental breaches,” on February 8, NEMA listed among …
Read More »Ssemakula, Tibaijuka elected Bishops
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The House of Bishops has elected Reverend Canon Godfrey Kasana Ssemakula and Rev. Barnabas Tibaijuka as the fourth and first Bishops of Luwero and West Ruwenzori Dioceses respectively. Rev. Canon Captain Stephen William Ongeng, the Provincial Secretary of the Church of Uganda announced the development …
Read More »Africa has highest compliance rate with Paris Climate Agreement: UNEP
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Monday that Africa has the highest compliance rate with the Paris Agreement on climate change. Elizabeth Mrema, deputy executive director of the UNEP, told a continental forum in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi that African countries have demonstrated …
Read More »Holy week evokes emotions as faithful remember Archbishop Lwanga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Christians observe the holy week leading up to Easter, memories of the passing of former Archbishop Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga have stirred deep emotions among the faithful of Kampala Archdiocese. At his sudden death on April 3, 2021, Dr. Lwanga was serving as the …
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