Business

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Christian University-UCU has embarked on renovating Bishop Tucker Theological collage old main gate. It shall bear the university emblem and get a general facelift. The gate used to serve as the main entrance for the Anglican theological institution that used to train religious leaders …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Julius Businge | For the first time in many years, Uganda’s national budget will increase by a paltry Shs164bn in FY2021/22, meaning government will not spend a lot on delivering services to the population.  According to the Budget Framework Paper (BFP) for FY2021/22, the total …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ugandans could have surrendered their data privacy to unknown people over the last two weeks since the government shut down social media access.  The shutdown of the internet on the eve of the presidential and parliamentary elections forced Ugandans to find ways of communicating, and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem has said they are tired of pleading for money from the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry has been allocated 30 billion Shillings out of a 58 billion Shillings request to facilitate its activities for the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vision Group’s Managing Director and CEO Robert Kabushenga will hand over office in 90 days time, after asking for early retirement. Vision Group, Uganda’s leading media house, issued a statement explaining the decision of their long-serving CEO. Kabushenga was only the company’s second CEO, having …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The East African Community will have to do with a smaller budget for this year than earlier planned, after the Legislative Assembly (EALA) cut the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2020/21, by more than USD 6 million.  The decision puts to an end the …

Amuru, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Amuru District local government has failed to acquire land for the establishment of an irrigation scheme.   The irrigation scheme was to be funded by the Islamic Development Bank at 70 Billion Shillings in partnership with the Ministry of Water and Environment. The district executive committee …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Parliamentary Commission is seeking additional funding totaling sh249.52 billion to among other things procure 13 vehicles including those for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, their lead and backup cars and the entitled Directors and Assistant Directors. According to a Legal and Parliamentary Affairs …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda has displaced India as the number one Coffee supplier on the Italian market. India is the seventh world leading Coffee producer with 348,000 metric tonnes per year, while Uganda follows in eighth position with 288,000 metric tonnes produced per year. But Uganda has the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Fire has gutted the Royal Foam Mattress factory in Kyambogo destroying mattresses and property worth millions of shillings.  Residents told URN that they saw a huge cloud of smoke as fire ravaged the factory this morning. It was still unclear whether there any causalities by …