Uganda News

     Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NCBA Bank Uganda has marked a significant milestone in its journey towards environmental sustainability through a new partnership with the National Forestry Authority (NFA) aimed at planting 20,000 Trees in 2024 equivalent to 30 Hectares. The trees will be planted at Jubiya Forest Reserve in Masaka, as […]

  Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | COMESA Competition Commission (CCC) and Fidelis Leadership Institute (FLI) are set to start training programs in competition law, international trade, and consumer protection in June this year, officials said at the launch of the Competition Law & Consumer Protection Training event held in Kampala on May […]

TikTok pointed out in the petition that the law – the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act – is unconstitutional. WASHINGTON | Xinhua | TikTok, an online video entertainment platform, and its Chinese parent company ByteDance on Tuesday filed a legal challenge against the U.S. government over a law forcing […]

Is it the answer to a tax system that’s not bringing in enough revenue? INTERVIEW | MARIA JOUSTE | Uganda, with a fiscal deficit of 5.6% in 2023, has increasingly turned to local resources to make up for its revenue shortfall since the World Bank suspended its funding on August 08, 2023 over the country’s anti-homosexuality … The post […]

UNITED NATIONS | Xinhua | UN humanitarians said on Monday nearly 750,000 people were affected by flooding in eastern Africa, with 234,000 displaced and more than 236 killed – more than 229 in Kenya alone. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also said local authorities in Kenya reported more than 285,000 … The post […]

Historic move makes world better prepared for, and ready to respond to, future public health emergencies ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Government that are state parties to the International Health Regulations of the World Health Organisation (WHO) have inched closer to signing the world’s first agreement to strengthen global collaboration among […]

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Younger swineherds from various parts of Uganda have been amazed by the products made out of pigskin leather, seeing it as another avenue to make money from their herds. These products were part of the display at the Piggery Value Chain Symposium, which attracted over 800 swineherds, both physically and … The […]

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Internal Affairs General David Muhoozi has warned Internal Security Officers and village Chairmen against accepting bribes to recommend non-citizens for mass enrollment and renewal of National Identification cards. The National Identification Registration Authority is expected to embark on the […]

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The COMESA Competition Commission together with Fidelis Leadership Institute have launched a training program on consumer protection and competition laws, amidst calls for the implementation of the relevant laws in Uganda. Recently, President Yoweri Museveni assented to the Competition Act 2023 but it is yet to […]

Napak, Uganda | THE INDPEPENDENT | A total of 27 people turned up for the probationer Police Constable Recruitment exercise that kicked off on Monday at Kangole Boys Primary School in Napak district. Police announced a recruitment of 2,500 probation constables in February. However after successful applicants were shortlisted for the interviews, a […]