Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Labor Organization (ILO) has cautioned that countries risk a resurgence of coronavirus if they do not put in place adequate safeguards that meet the strict occupational safety and health criteria needed for bringing workers back. ILO Director-General Guy Ryder says that risk …
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Companies not liable to pay license fees to districts for masts– Court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court Civil Division has quashed an application in which Jinja Municipality sought to compel Eaton Towers Uganda which runs telecommunication masts to pay trading license fees worth more than Shillings 89 million. In his judgment delivered on Friday, Justice Musa Ssekaana declared …
Read More »5G, Biotech: How conspiracy theories harm technologies with great potential
Kampala, Uganda | Isaac Nkechi | Various media outlets, particularly social media, were awash with stories linking the roll-out of 5G mobile network to the novel coronavirus-Covid-19 pandemic over the past weeks. These included spurious theories claiming that 5G makes people more susceptible to the virus while some more extreme proposals even …
Read More »Online predators putting children at risk during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an unprecedented rise in screen time and raising safety risks for millions of young people, according to Child Rights defenders. More than 1.5 billion children and young people have …
Read More »Businesses to get relief on loans – Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a thin relief to businesses during the shutdown due to coronavirus, President Yoweri Museveni announced Monday evening that his government would talk to banks to ensure that they don’t seize properties of defaulters during the 14-day period. Museveni who announced the ban of private …
Read More »UN agency unveils $15m digital project
It is targeting one million people in key economy sectors Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Small and medium businesses in northern Uganda now have a big opportunity to exploit from a Shs57bn new project that aims to use information technology tools to offer services for the next five years. …
Read More »Stanbic posts UGX 259 Bn after-tax-profits
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank has announced after-tax-profits of 259 billion Shillings for 2019 up from 215 billion Shillings in 2018, cementing its position as the most profitable bank in the country. In the financial results published on Thursday, Stanbic said the money it lent to customers …
Read More »Health Ministry increases call center staff to deal with emergencies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has announced that it will increase capacity in the call center to handle more COVID-19 related calls. This comes following a partnership made with MTN Uganda, Airtel Uganda, National Information Technology Authority Uganda, Marie Stopes Uganda and Communication for …
Read More »AMOS NZEYI: Proposals to stimulate the economy and build more local resilience
COMMENT | Amos Nzeyi | First of all, I would like to thank you and your cabinet- for the courageous leadership thus far- especially the decisions announced on March 18th 2020 which among others include the decision to temporarily disperse areas of population concentrations such as school, religious, political and …
Read More »Bankers Association rejects gov’t proposal to pay interest on mobile money funds
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Bankers’ Association has objected to a government proposal seeking to have mobile money funds held on trust accounts earn interest. A trust account refers to funds held in trust by the bank whilst two or more parties complete a transaction. It entails …
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