Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Reduced demand for upcountry travel, the relatively high fares and the rising costs of fuel have combined to inflict losses on bus companies, according to operators URN talked to. They however say they cannot abandon their business at this time because they have to …
Read More »Tonkosa anti sexual harassment campaign launched
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Activists and local leaders in Entebbe Municipality have launched a campaign against sexual harassment. The campaign, Tonkosa, which means ‘Don’t hurt me’, aims at helping under-aged girls to fight against sexual harassment. In 2020, the Ministry of Education registered more than 100,000 cases of teenage …
Read More »Museveni hails Hope Kivengere
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has paid glowing tribute to the late Hope Kishande Kivengere, his first and longest serving Press Secretary (1986-2001) who passed on this week on Wednesday from Nakasero Hospital. In a message read by the Minister of the presidency Mariam Dhoka Babalanda …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Bail fight exposes Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana bail fight exposes Museveni frustration: Why torture, harassment of opposition is failed strategy THE LAST WORD What is Africa’s problem: Revisiting Museveni’s ideas about Uganda and our wider continent after his …
Read More »Land acquisition for oil pipeline
Processes provide support to affected persons to ensure adequate compensation and improved livelihood COMMENT | GLORIA SEBIKARI | The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has noted recent media reports published in some local dailies alleging that the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project Affected Persons (PAPs) are being mishandled …
Read More »National Payment Systems Act: will new regulations deliver growth in fintech sector?
BUSINESS FEATURE | THE INDEPENDENT | It’s been thirteen years since the Ugandan payments landscape was disrupted by the First mobile money system. In 2009, MTN Uganda introduced the first mobile money transaction service and today, the sector has grown to more than 170 private players consisting of mobile …
Read More »WHO envoy urges donor support for distributing Covid-19 vaccines to rural areas
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda continues to receive COVID-19 vaccine donations, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative on Tuesday said donors need to support the distribution of the vaccines to remote areas. Dr. Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam, WHO representative to Uganda, told reporters that developing countries need support to …
Read More »Why knowledge of the oil sector is critical for the 11th parliament
COMMENT | Joseph Mukasa Ngubwagye | The last lap to oil production is upon us. Indeed, if the government’s prediction is anything to go by, the first drop of oil is expected out of the ground in 2025. It has been a long journey since 2006 when commercially viable quantities were …
Read More »Affordable microfinance needed to boost home ownership among low-income earners
With a projected urbanization of 5.6% per annum, a more orderly response to the rapid urbanization in Uganda is needed COMMENT | Abdul Kyanika | In 2020, Uganda’s population constituted about 46 million people of whom 27% were urban residents. Urban households are predicted to grow from 2.9 million in 2020 …
Read More »Uganda receives 10 million doses of polio vaccine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has received 10,997,500 doses of the novel oral polio vaccine targeting type 2 poliovirus. While receiving the vaccines on Tuesday, the State Minister for Primary Healthcare, Margaret Muhanga noted that the government intends to roll out the mass polio vaccination because of outbreaks in …
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