Business

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Gulu have said they are struggling to attract commercial flights at Gulu airport due to negative perceptions about the facility by the business community. Located, about three kilometres north-west of the Central Business District of Gulu, the largest metropolitan area in Acholi sub-region, …

Uganda is yet to approve the multi-trillion shilling deal involving Total E&P and Tullow Oil since the two firms announced their planned transaction, three months ago. Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | In a statement delivered via a webinar during the national content supplier workshop on Aug.5, Total E&P Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Hostel proprietors around Kyambogo University have started calling up students to pick up their property, saying they can no longer keep it. A number of students left their property in the privately owned hostels when government announced the closure of all learning institutions in the …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 120,000 families in Uganda whose livelihoods have been negatively affected by Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic will benefit from USD 10 million, approximately 36 billion Shillings’ direct cash transfers. The programme, implemented by GiveDirectly, a nonprofit organization that lets donors send money to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans are expected to hold onto their money for longer compared to pre-coronavirus days as many suspend spending due to insecurity of what the future holds, Bank of Uganda has said. BOU Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile said on Monday that many consumers are expected to be …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Toyota Uganda has temporarily closed its Kampala branch at First Street, Industrial area after three of their staff tested positive for the Coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement issued today by Mahmood Omar, the Managing Director, the branch will be temporarily closed effective today as additional steps, …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Casual laborers in Sunbelt Factory in Jinja City have accused superiors of sexual abuse and failure to adhere to the minimum working conditions. The employees raised the complaints during the meeting the Jinja District Worker’s representative on Friday. Some of the casual laborers accused their …

    SNV supported cooperative diversifies into yoghurt processing Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Netherlands Embassy’s drive to improve Uganda’s dairy sector registered another major success when Abesigana Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society in Mbarara started processing pro-biotic yoghurt on commercial scale in July. The Cooperative constructed its mini processing plant …

Serere, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A farmer in Bugondo Sub County in Serere district has cut down his 20 acre orange garden following an outbreak of a strange disease. 63-year-old Paul Opio cut down his orchard in Opucet Village, which has been earning him at least Shillings 10 million annually …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister of Finance for General Duties, Gabriel Ajedra Aridru has told the new Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) appeals tribunal new members that transparency was a must in the kind of role they are taking over. The PPDA appeals tribunal …