✳ Rugumayo Golf Schedule Safari Tour from 7-10 January 2024 Plus the remain Safari Tour events this month SDC Open 1-4 Feb 2024 Bain’s Whisky Cape Town Open 8-11 February NMB Championship 22-25 February( Collides with Magical Kenya Open) SDC Championship 29 Feb-3 March Jonsson Workwear Open 7-10 March Kampala, Uganda …

Agago , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development has issued 1,017 Customary Certificates of Ownership, to families in Agago district. The titles were given to individuals, families, and two clans; Karuge Katugu and Lwara Kare in Wol and Paimol Subcounties. The issuance followed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  In a bid to support customers in meeting their beginning-of-year goals, Absa Bank Uganda has unveiled solutions under a dynamic two-fold campaign designed to bolster both individual aspirations and business growth. The three-month campaign, under the theme “Jooga2024 Ne Absa” for individuals and “Tumbula …

SHENZHEN | Xinhua | China’s BYD became the world’s leading seller of pure electric vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2023, marking another landmark moment in China’s fast-growing new energy vehicle (NEV) sector. The Shenzhen-based auto company announced the sales of 526,409 all-electric cars between October and December, surpassing Tesla’s …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) countries will accrue multiplier effects in harmonising legislation and Parliamentary practices, Speaker Anita Among has said. Among who is also the Host Speaker was giving her welcome remarks at the opening …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police ballistic experts have started examining the vehicle in which Pastor Aloysius Bujingo and his assistant were shot in. Bujingo was shot at Buwalakata road, Namungoona, in Lubaga Division, on Tuesday by gunmen moving on a motorcycle. His bodyguard who doubled as driver and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The language of instruction in lower primary is emerging as a contentious subject before the Education Policy Review Commission-EPRC. In one of the last public hearings of the commission, the Acholi parliamentary group joined the dissent against the current policy of using local language …

In an era of AI and blockchain, the simple text message seems distinctly old-fashioned. But text messaging’s USSD technology remains a key feature for African businesses. Here’s how a crackdown on customer information sharing suddenly makes USSD even more attractive. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | African businesses are continuing …

UNITED NATIONS | TASS | Russia is concerned about the situation in the Red Sea and is confident that developments there are the direct projection of violence in the Gaza Strip, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said. “I think that hardly anyone of our counterparts will …

KIEV | Xinhua |  Ukraine and Russia carried out their largest prisoner swap since February 2022, the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said Wednesday. Under the exchange, 230 Ukrainian captives, including six civilians, had been returned from Russian custody, the agency said. Among those freed are …