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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund Uganda has introduced a voluntary savings product to increase social security coverage, targeting existing NSSF members, and non-NSSF members in the formal sector, the informal sector, and the diaspora. The new product, named NSSF Smartlife Savings Plan, unveiled today in […]

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The New Vision Group has finally released its financial performance reports, showing a further plunge into losses for the year ended June 2024. The results were due to be released two weeks ago, but Company Secretary Gervase Ndyanabo told shareholders and the general public that this would be delayed for … […]

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Robert Rutaro has withdrawn a civil suit he had filed against the Uganda Law Society-ULS President Isaac Ssemakadde for expelling the Attorney General and Solicitor General representatives from the  ULS  Council. Rutaro on Wednesday through his lawyers of MC Ford Advocates withdrew the suit in a notice […]

The project will be implemented in 69 districts and will directly benefit about 2,850,000 individuals. Given that project intervention areas will also cover refugee hosting districts, about 50,000 refugees are expected to directly benefit from project activities bringing the total number of direct beneficiaries to about 2.9 million. Munyonyo, […]

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makindye Chief Magistrates Court has remanded musician Patrick Mulwana, popularly known as Alien Skin, to Luzira Prison on charges of robbery. Alien Skin was arrested on Wednesday following chaos at Nsambya Hospital that reportedly resulted in the assault of two doctors and a security guard. The incident […]

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has partnered with Opportunity Bank Uganda to promote lending to refugees and host communities. Through their collaboration with Opportunity International, one of the bank’s key shareholders, the bank launched the Refugee Innovation, […]

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Erias Lukwago, the lawyer representing Dr Kizza Besigye has objected to charging his client with crimes allegedly committed outside the country. Speaking moments after the General Court Martial Chairman Brigadier Freeman Mugabe read out the charge sheet that listed four counts on which Besigye and Haji Obed […]

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors at Arua’s main market are irked by a six-month power blackout and are accusing their market leadership of not working to rectify the problem. The market was plunged into darkness six months ago and many vendors are not happy. The most affected are those dealing in beverages, ground nuts … The post Arua […]

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The murder trial of businessman Henry Katanga has been plagued by repeated delays, raising concerns about the accused’s right to a speedy trial. Molly Katanga, the widow of the deceased, has been detained at Luzira Prison since February, facing charges of murder. Her bail applications have been denied, and […]

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja City’s Miracle Center-Oasis of Life Church, a prominent Born-Again institution, has officially closed after failing to resolve rental arrears accumulated over nearly a decade.  The church, rooted in the 1970s and 1980s neo-Pentecostal “Kiwempe movement,” was established to spread the gospel of Jesus […]