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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Migrant workers are paying more than sh100,000 to acquire COVID-19 vaccination certificates through agents at labour export companies and data entrants at certain vaccination sites across the country. Some of the migrant workers told our reporter that they paid to get vaccination certificates to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda government should take a bold step and invest in the entire agricultural value chain to boost food production and address incidences of recurrent famine, according to the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs). Speaking to the media in Kampala, 10 civil society organisations including SEATINI, …

Ankara, Turkey | XINHUA |  Russian officials has told Ankara that Russia had “nothing to do” with the attacks on Ukraine’s key Black Sea port of Odessa, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday. “In our contact with Russia, the Russians told us that they had absolutely nothing to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agriculture Business Initiative (aBi) has rolled-out a Green Challenge Fund to support SMEs and farmers to increase their resilience to climate change including soils, ecosystems and bio-diversity. The Fund seeks to contribute to achieve the global target of limiting global temperature rise to well below …

  Arusha, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said Africa must emphasize and support an indigenous entrepreneurial class, national capitalists who can help build economically develop countries. Museveni was speaking shortly after a ceremony in which heads of state of the East African Community commissioned the 42.4-kilometer …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Poultry farmers in Luwero have sold off part of their chicken and others have quit business over the high costs of the feeds. In Luwero town, the price of broken maize is now at sh1,800-2,000 from sh1,200 whereas maize bran is at sh900 from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts have cautioned Uganda and other East African countries to go slow on the implementation of taxation of digital services. This comes as the countries prepare to join 133 others around the world to implement the Digital Services Tax (DTS) in line with the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  ICEA LION Life Assurance Company (U) Ltd has announced the introduction of the ICEA Annuity Plan for retirees and those nearing retirement. The ICEA Annuity plan guarantees the holder a regular stream of income for life after retirement. The ICEA Annuity plan allows the holder …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iran’s chief banker said the U.S. dollar will be gradually eliminated from Iranian-Russian economic transactions, the official news agency IRNA reported on Thursday. The trade volume between Iran and Russia stood at 4 billion U.S. dollars, which can be conducted through the Iranian currency rial and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Marketing and Media outfit Evolve Africa has announced the return of the Uganda Marketing Excellence Awards edition slated for Friday 25th November 2022. This follows a successful online edition held end of last year where 10 winners were awarded. The Uganda Marketing Excellence Awards are back …