There’s a dramatic rise in loan fraud, which surged to 46.5% as of June, up from 23.3% in March 2024 Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda’s banking sector is confronting a significant increase in fraud incidents, prompting experts to call for more stringent measures to address the escalating threat. Julius …
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NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya has formally submitted the nomination of Raila Odinga, a veteran opposition leader and former prime minister, to contest for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship in elections slated for February 2025, an official said Monday. Kenyan Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs Korir Sing’Oei said …
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As democracies wrestle with problems they once seemed to manage, authoritarians watch with satisfaction COMMENT | CHRIS PATTEN | The most compelling argument for liberal democracy is that it empowers citizens to choose their own leaders, effectively placing the country’s present and future in voters’ hands. The system is underpinned by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electric mobility in Uganda is getting popular as commercial players join in to promote e-vehicles, the latest entrant being the Mandela Group, whose luck customers have been rewarded electric car donations. City Oil, a subsidiary of the Mandela Group, has partnered with Linglong Tyres to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | French teachers have been advised to adopt the “French-for-fun” method to make their classes more enjoyable and attract more students, thereby enhancing the country’s proficiency in the French language. This is one of the recommendations that came up on the closing day of the 11th …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and religious leaders have agreed to jointly educate Ugandans about safe migration. This decision resulted from a three-day engagement on safe migration between the IOM and the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU). In search of better opportunities, many Ugandans …
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Africa is forecast to create 1.5 million new BPO jobs over the next six years, with South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt poised to benefit ANALYSIS | LENNOX YIEKE | The business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in Africa – currently employing 1.2 million full-time equivalents across more than 400 contact centres handling …
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KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda will send six players to the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships 2024 to be hosted in Nanchang, China. Simon Mugabi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Badminton Association (UBA) told Xinhua on Thursday that the junior national team of three boys and three …
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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 13 year old girl on Saturday evening drowned in Lake Bunyonyi while fetching water. Monica Musinguzi, a primary six pupil at Kagorogoro primary school and daughter to Edward Ndyomugyenyi, a resident of Kifurugutu in Kagorogoro village, Butanda sub county, Kabale district drowned at around …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has reportedly tasked the army spy and investigations agency to investigate the Tuesday gold shooting incident at Buddo junction which left two people dead. Museveni, according to sources has directed Defence and Intelligence Security (DIS) formerly Chief of Military Intelligence (CMI) to …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
