For as low as Shs100,000, you can start investing in your future with Housing Finance Bank through the portal SPECIAL FEATURE | BUSINESS | Housing Finance Bank has launched its Securities Portal. The online portal, which is housed on the Bank’s website, allows customers to buy Treasury Bills and Bonds from anywhere, …
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✳⛳Uganda Amateur Open Golf Championships 2022 ➡🏌️♂️Amateur Open Sept 19-22 💠Venue: Lake Victoria Serena Kigo, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & PHILLIP CORRY | All eyes will be on defending champion Joseph ‘Joe’ Cwinya-ai when the 81st Uganda Amateur Open tees off at 8.00am Wednesday at the picturesque Lake Victoria Serena Golf …
Read More »Mubende traders stranded, appeal over rotting merchandise
Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Roadside traders on the Mubende highway are stranded with food stuff following the government instituted lockdown to curb the spread of the Ebola virus disease. In a Saturday evening televised address, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni issued directives restricting movements in and out of the …
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📌 UNEB EXAM TIMETABLE 2022 ✳ PLE 🔵 November 7th – Candidate Briefing ➡ November 8th – Mathematics ➡ November 8th – SS & RE ➡ November 9th – Integrated Science ➡ November 9th – English ✳ UCE 🔵 October 14th – Candidate Briefing ➡ October 17th – Start of UCE exams ➡ …
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Inside the succession battle ahead of 2026 Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Until Gen. Salim Saleh appeared at the piping ceremony of his nephew Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, it appeared that veterans of the Bush War in Luwero preferred to stay away from the rabble-rousing erstwhile Army Commander of Land …
Read More »Unaware, Ugandans miss 10-yearly dose against tetanus
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jovan Mulondo,13, spent 40 days in an induced coma at TMR International Hospital, fighting for his life after contracting Tetanus disease after an operation. Mulondo’s mother, Victoria Nabiteeko from Kiteezi-Bamba village narrates that her son stepped in hot ash when he was ten years …
Read More »Drunk teacher arrested invigilating pre-PLE exams
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kitgum District is holding a teacher of Putuke Primary in Kitgum Matidi Sub County for reporting to school to invigilate pre-PLE examinations while drunk. The Kitgum Matidi Sub County LCIII Chairperson Thomas Khempis Lapyem says that the arrest of Charles Ayella follows …
Read More »UCE: UNEB exams start, uncertainty in Mubende, Kassanda
Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Certificate of Education-UCE examinations kicked off on Monday with uncertainty among students and parents in Mubende and Kassanda following the lockdown that was imposed on both districts. On Saturday, President Yoweri Museveni ordered among others; the freezing of movement of vehicles, boda bodas, …
Read More »IMF confident that Uganda, Rwanda economies to grow faster next year
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda and Uganda will lead East African Community’s growth next year, but the International Monetary Fund warns of tough times ahead. The tough times are being projected as a result of the tightening of economic policies, especially by the US whose Central Bank, the …
Read More »China-aided project helps 100,000 people in rural Uganda access satellite TV
Wakiso, Uganda | Xinhua | China on Saturday officially completed the installation of the satellite television project in 900 Ugandan villages that face connectivity challenges. Chris Baryomunsi, Ugandan minister of Information, Communication, Technology and National Guidance, officiated at the handover ceremony held in Katabi village in the central Ugandan district …
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