Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | DStv has announced new and pioneer Pan-African lifestyle channel, Honey, that will beam across the continent. Joan Semanda Kizza, the public relations and communications manager and Collins Asiimwe, the head of marketing at MultiChoice Uganda told reporters in Kampala that it would go live February …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | Absa Bank Uganda has today (Feb.15) launched Business Banking capabilities on their Mobile Banking App aimed at empowering business owners to perform multiple business-related transactions on their smartphones. Without having to visit a branch, users can approve transactions, view statements and complete …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial in Makindye has denied bail to 36 supporters of National Unity Platform who are facing charges of illegal possession of ammunition. A seven member panel led by Lt General Andrew Gutti has denied bail to the group on grounds that they …
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Kamul, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kamuli district is holding 22 youths suspected of issuing fake dollar currency in Kamuli district and the surrounding areas. The suspects who refer to themselves as “money bags crew,” have set their main base in Nawanyago town council in Kamuli district and they …
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Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Understaffing at the catholic owned Bishop Ceaser Asili Memorial Hospital, one of the biggest health facilities in Luweero district has compelled the church to embark on the construction of a 3 billion Shillings Nurses Training School. Bishop Ceaser Asili Memorial Hospital, which receives Shillings 77 …
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Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kigezi Cooperative Union is struggling to restore primary farmer’s societies in an attempt to reinvent itself and engage in the coffee business. Registered in the 1960s, Kigezi co-operative union society progressed into one of the strongest coffee farmers’ cooperative movements in the country. However, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform -NUP’s former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has filed 53 affidavits as evidence supporting his petition challenging the declaration of President Yoweri Museveni as winner of the January 14th polls. The affidavits include one by former Presidential candidate Joseph Kabuleta, Jinja …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga Kingdom is struggling to implement its activities due to the absence of a streamlined budget funding, the Kingdom speaker George William Mutyabule has revealed. According to Mutyabule, most of the activities in their ten-year development agenda drafted in 2014 have largely remained unimplemented due to …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gender Labor and Social Development State Minister, Peace Mutuuzo is being accused by one of the factions in Inzu Ya Masaba for being behind the leadership disputes that have bedevilled by the cultural institution. Inzu has been struggling to gazette its new cultural head …
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Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Fisheries Protection Union-FPU has announced new measures to contain illegal fishing practices in Kalangala district following the resumption of its operations. According to the new measures, anyone caught more than twice for engaging in illegal fishing practices will lose their license and landing sites …
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