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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda has decided to maintain the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at a high 9.5 percent despite further drops in inflation rates in the month of September. The CBR is a tool that the central bank uses to direct the cost …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has picked interest in investigating the allegations against a former International Criminal Court (ICC) official over facilitating and financing the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony. This comes just two days after Brigid Inder, a former Special Gender Advisor to former …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda government has been hailed on the progress made on transparency in the oil and gas sector, though some challenges remain, according to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). EITI is the global standard for the prudent management of natural resources, which currently targets …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is seeking a viable resolution for the predicament Ugandan citizens who have been apprehended for overstaying in Turkey. Last month, the Ugandan Embassy in Ankara announced that a substantial number of Ugandan nationals had been detained across various locations within …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil society groups in Uganda have warned on the likely effects of the World Bank move to suspend new loans to Uganda, saying it is time to be more frugal and reprioritize public expenditure. The Bank is the largest single lender to Uganda accounting for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Finance, Hon. Henry Musasizi, has said government is engaging the World Bank on its decision to cut financing of projects in Uganda. “We are negotiating with the World Bank but should we fail to agree, then we shall make some decisions …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Economy and the Physical Infrastructure Committees of Parliament have been tasked to scrutinize Government’s proposal to borrow 852 billion Shillings loan to rehabilitate the Kampala-Malaba Meter Gauge Railway. Parliament had approved a running loan of £327 million in 2021 for the same purpose. …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudan government officials have committed to putting to an end the rampant cases of extortion and harassment of cargo truck drivers by security and immigration personnel. This comes just two days after hundreds of cargo truck drivers staged a protest at the Uganda-South Sudan …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday warned ministers and other senior government officials over what she described as leakage of confidential government documents. “Leakage of confidential government documents to the public could affect the performance of the government,” said President Hassan when she …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees Eng. Hillary Onek is shocked by the existence of a new land title that was fraudulently processed on the seven square mile piece of land that government secured to resettle the 1,780 people. Government acquired the vast …