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Partnerships Key to Overcoming Challenges in Digital Inclusion Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mastercard’s Community Pass is set for a major expansion, with its success attributed to strategic partnerships and collaboration with stakeholders. Launched in Uganda and rapidly gaining momentum, Community Pass serves as a beacon for overcoming challenges …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The spouses of the leaders attending the 19th Non-Allied Movement Summit in Kampala exchanged ideas on empowering girls and women in their home countries. The meeting that took place on the sidelines of the Summit which opened on Friday was hosted by Janet Kataha Museveni, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) has called on government to enforce mechanisms aimed at controlling the increasing domestic arrears. Led by the programme advisor, Jeff Wadulo, the group expressed concern that the rate at which the arrears have accumulated is worrisome and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University staff have agreed to temporarily called of their strike. Last week, staff through their Associations; Makerere University Academic Staff Association- MUASA, Makerere Academic Staff Association-MASA and the National Union of Education Institutions- NUEI declared their intention for new industrial action commencing on January 15, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has emphasized the need for the free association of nations, people of a common or shared origin interacting for mutual advantage with the Peoples of the World. Museveni made the call at the opening of the Non-Aligned Movement Heads of State and Government …

 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda, in partnership with the Kampala Hash House Harriers (KH3), has announced the second edition of the Absa KH3 – 7 Hills Run. This running event is set to take place on Sunday, 17 March 2024, at the Kololo Airstrip. The 21km …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament on the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee have asked the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development to prioritize funding the construction of a mini-max prison facility in Mbarara District. The recommendation is contained in the Committee’s report on the National Budget …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda has closed EFC Uganda Limited, a microfinance company due to poor financial standing. The action is based on Sections 72 (1) and 12 (1) (d) & (g) of the Microfinance Deposit-taking Institutions (MDI) Act, 2003 as amended. BOU’s decision which also places …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Turkana pastoralists have handed two Karamojong families compensation of 120 cows for killing two people in Orum village, Turkana County. In December 2023, unknown Turkana warriors shot dead two people from Moroto district who had been doing business on the Turkana side. The deceased …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Three armed robbers have been lynched in Namasuba along Entebbe road. According to Patricia Babirye, Haruna Galabuzi, and Henry Mfitumukiza, they were distributing products of Shana Company, when armed robbers traveling on a motorcycle UES 820K. waylaid them at Ndejje Kibutika village, in Wakiso …