Kabarole Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has promised to do whatever it takes to push for electoral reforms that will enable older persons to have representatives in parliament. She made the pledge while launching a Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization – SACCO for older persons …
Read More »Financial support missing in thriving Uganda dairy sector
Uganda Dairy sector transformation: where is the financial sector? COMMENT | Joseph Kiirya | Dairy is one of the few sectors witnessing a positive response in recent years to the Uganda government policy to commercialize agriculture. In the last four years, Uganda has witnessed an exponential growth in its dairy …
Read More »Police Exodus sacco creates banking hall to end chaos
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police’s Exodus Savings and Credit Cooperative organisation (Sacco) has established a banking hall to ease the process for police officers seeking to access their funds. The decision follows spates of chaos at the police headquarters Exodus Sacco offices arising out of lengthy queues and the …
Read More »Lack of women in UWEZO leadership Irks Angina
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Operation Wealth creation (OWC) Deputy Coordinator Lt. Gen. Charles Angina, has decried the absence of women in the leadership of the UPDF backed UWEZO Cooperative and Investment Society. UWEZO Sacco was launched in 2014 with an aim of promoting economic transformation among the officers …
Read More »Former SACCO manager fails to account for UGX 170M
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Auleriano Byarugaba, the former manager for Ruharo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society-SACCO in Ishaka-Bushenyi municipality is on the spot for failure to account for 170 million shillings. The manager at the beginning of the year resigned his position at a time when the district public …
Read More »Fight erupts over Crime Preventers SACCO money
National Coordinator Kamugisha accused of embezzling funds to acquire property Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Blaise Kamugisha, the National Coordinator of Crime Preventers has in a short time reportedly bought himself four cars, a house, a farm, a shop in Kikuubo; the business hub of Kampala, and prime plots …
Read More »Hope as Museveni’s youth initiative takes shape
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda has the world’s youngest population with over 78% of its population below the age of 30. With just under eight million youth aged 15-30, the country also has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in Sub-Saharan Africa. Such a high and unemployed youth …
Read More »Bdf- Women’s bridge to accessing finance
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | BDF is an independent company that was created in collaboration of the Government of Rwanda and the Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD). The fund is one of the implementing institutions of the National SME Development Policy and has been mandated to implement the “Access …
Read More »Dmark East Africa to develop open source IT applications
Robert Ssemakula is the CEO of Dmark East Africa. He spoke to The Independent’s Agnes E Nantaba about the potential of Uganda’s IT sector What are the key elements in your management style as a manager? I am a servant leader who works to solve problems for my staff. …
Read More »BUSINESS: Tax hike in Kampala
Traders say increase in taxes, fees, will increase the cost of doing business The cost of living in Kampala is set to rise if the City Authority Council passes the new proposal seeking to slap new taxes and hike the existing ones on various services in a bid to raise …
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