Business

ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | The effects of the economic hardships which were aggravated by the Ukraine war, coming on the heels of the Covid-19 lockdown continue to manifest in Uganda. Many schools in the country have today registered a low turn-up of learners on the first day of opening. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Criminal Investigations Directorate has launched a massive manhunt for socialite Charles Olim famously known as Sipapa for allegedly robbing $429,000 (about 1.64 billion Shillings) from South Sudan national Jacob Arok. The said money was stolen during a robbery at Arok’s home in Bunga, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Police has recovered bodies of five men who were buried alive in a stone quarry on Saturday evening. The incident happened around 6:30pm after part of the stone quarry collapsed and trapped unknown number of people and a vehicle under its rubble in Nganjo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institute for Certified Public Accountants Uganda – ICPAU has recognized the Auditor General John Muwanga and educations Lawrence Mulindwa for their contribution and service to community and country. Muwanga won the ICPAU Gold Service Award last night at the ceremony held in  Imperial …

Munich, Germany | Xinhua |  Europe is heading toward a bitter winter as a new disruption of natural gas from Russia aggravates its energy crunch and cost of living crisis. Russia’s largest gas producer Gazprom announced Friday it had stopped gas supplies via the Nord Stream I pipeline for an …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six technical and vocational institutions are scheduled to benefit from a capacity building project funded by the government of South Korea to a tune of over 26 billion shillings. The project launched on Friday at Gold Course hotel in Kampala shall benefit 180 instructors …

  Nairobi, Kenya  | THE STAR KENYA | Police have advised Kenyans to follow proceedings from home when the Supreme Court sits to pass its verdict on the presidential petition on Monday. In a statement on Saturday, acting Inspector General of Police Noor Gabow advised against gathering outside court premises at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Namulanda Nganjo cell in Kajjansi Town Council are scared that three or more people could have been killed after part of a stone quarry collapsed Saturday evening. Led by Maria Nanteza and Canaan Nsubuga, the residents and area leaders are urging the …

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Imani Technologies has today launched a new and exciting digital product dubbed “Imani Smart Card”, a virtual business card to help businesses, corporates, and individuals easily share information, manage their social and professional connections, and enable their data-sharing experience. This was launched during …

  Analysts welcome move but fear bloc is expanding too fast Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE |  Just eleven days after the Democratic Republic of Congo ratified the East African Community Treaty on July 11, the bloc’s leaders agreed to fast-track the verification of Somalia’s application to join the community. Sitting …