Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Breweries has rewarded 118 business customers with prizes worth sh300 million under loyalty incentives for using the Diageo One App, an online portal that enables traders purchase products directly from the company’s distributors. Diageo One is a self-service tool that enables business …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Butiaba Health Center III in Buliisa district is facing challenges due to a significant influx of Congolese nationals seeking healthcare services. Congolese nationals from Mukambu, Aruko, Nvodu, and Kolokoto in the Democratic Republic of Congo regularly access treatment at the health center. Additionally, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda’s tourism sector is one of the significant sectors with the potential to generate more revenue if adequately funded and marketed, lawmakers have re-echoed. The Members of Parliament (MPs) were responding to the Ministerial Policy Statement of the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has asked the Budget Committee to give special importance to the agriculture sector as it is the backbone of the country. Among’s appeal for allocation of resources to the sector was made during the plenary session on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Judiciary has revealed that one of the issues to be handled on their first ever National Court Open Day is to interact with the public regarding strategies the justice system needs to implore so as to eliminate case backlog. According to the Judiciary …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Mathew Kanyamunyu has today been released from prison after serving three years of a 5 year sentence for killing social worker Kenneth Akena in 2016. Kanyamunyu was in 2020  sentenced to 5 years and one month in jail for manslaughter but he has served three …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has warned military commanders against office comfortability because being appointed in a given position should be considered as a short-term opportunity. Speaking at the handover ceremony of former Deputy CDF Lt Gen Peter Elwelu to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The High Court in Kampala has ordered Steel and Tube Industries Limited to pay 100 million Shillings to their former employee Philip Wangala who was injured while on duty. According to the Civil Division Judge, Boniface Wamala, the money will attract an interest of …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The parishioners and priests in Masaka diocese are struggling to stop break-ins in churches. In the recent past, the diocese has registered repeated incidents that involved unknown thugs who have raided and robbed Churches in the different parishes, leaving the parishioners and priests concerned. …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The army has advised residents within Gulu City not to panic as Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers take part in a day-long arms training drill on Friday. Maj. Nicholas Abiribale, the Civil-Military Coordination officer at the Fourth Infantry Division told URN on Thursday that …