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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The girl child aged 13 to 18 years have been challenged to embrace the savings culture. This was during the launch of a campaign dubbed #365Saving organized by a group Women4Her in collaboration with Centenary Bank several other stakeholders. The campaign’s main goal …

Paris, France | AFP |  A number of countries have grounded Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 medium-haul workhorse jet in response to an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people on board. The Nairobi-bound plane was the same type as the Indonesian Lion Air jet that crashed in October, killing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another student of Nkumba University has been killed in his hostel room at Nkumba in Katabi Town Council. 26-year-old Godfrey Kateu was found dead in his room at 8.00 am this morning with loud music playing. His neighbor, Paul Ssengonzi told Uganda Radio Network that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE has questioned a team of lawyers from MMAKS Advocates on conflict of interest. The team from MMAKS Advocates was comprised of Apollo Nelson Makubuya, Timothy Kanyelezi Masembe, Moses Adriko, Mathias Ssekatawa, Ernest Sembatya and Isaac Walukagga. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Engineers and Physical Infrastructure specialists have welcomed a move to widen Uganda’s road reserves from the current 15 to 40 meters. They say that wide reserves are important for the future development of Uganda’s road infrastructure. The nod comes amid the discussion of a draft …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Council, the Supreme body of the University has asked for more time before facing off with the education committee of Parliament. Members of the University Council and management were expected to appear before the committee yesterday, to respond to concerns about the state …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An emergency meeting of the Makerere University Council, a supreme governing organ of the University has rejected the committees established to investigate matters arising out of staff suspensions over conflict of interest. The meeting directed that the probe committees halt their operations and hand over …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least sh1.3 trillion is locked up in disputes before the Commercial court, URN has learnt. They include disputes of insurance, banking, and transportation. Only cases with a value that is more than sh50 million end up before the Commercial Division of High …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sh 34.3 trillion is the resource envelope for financial year 2019/2020, up by Sh 2 trillion from the current financial year. Of the Sh 34.3 trillion, domestic revenue collections are expected to generate Sh 18.3 trillion, according to National Budget Framework Paper. The economy itself …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Agriculture Committee is planning a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni to deliberate and forge a way forward on a range of critical issues, which they say are holding back the fortunes of the sector and hindering the country’s economic growth. Speaking recently at …