Amudat, Uganda | URN | Rising concerns over vehicle safety and emergency response in the Karamoja sub-region have been highlighted after another vehicle fire left one person injured and goods worth millions destroyed. The incident occurred on Saturday night along the Amudat-Alakas border road, where a vehicle carrying traders returning to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Quality Chemical Industries Limited (Qcil) has stepped up efforts to combat malaria by hosting a large-scale community medical camp at Lubaga Cathedral grounds as part of World Malaria Day activities. Held on Saturday, April 23, under the global theme “Driven to End Malaria: …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ugandan government, through the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives, has urged Eastern region businesspeople to register their businesses and companies for identification purposes. The call was made by Doecrecious Masagali, Undersecretary, representing the Permanent Secretary, during a one-day engagement with business community members, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Housing Finance Bank posted a net profit of Shs 85.4 billion for the year ended December 31, 2025, marking a 20 per cent increase from Shs 71.1 billion recorded in 2024, as the lender reported strong growth across key financial indicators. The bank’s …
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Katakwi, Uganda | URN | Women in Katakwi district have raised concern of health threatening complications of Fistula that severely affected many women who become socially stigmatized, depressed, suffer chronic pain and isolation. A vaginal fistula is an abnormal opening between the vagina and another organ (bladder, colon, or rectum), causing symptoms like involuntary …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has urged investors in the United Kingdom to invest in the 250 percent return-on-investment mining and energy sector in the country. However, only serous and mutually beneficial partners are welcome to invest in the country’s budding extractives sector, according to Ramathan Ggoobi, Permanent Secretary …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda and Rwanda have agreed to “move on” from diplomatic conflicts that threatened their historical friendship in recent years. This came at the just-concluded Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) meeting in Kampala, at which four new memoranda of understanding were signed, in the areas of health, …
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Isingiro, Uganda | URN | Farmers in Kibwera Central Village, Isingiro Town Council, are optimistic that the new Irrigation scheme launched by the government to promote climate-resilient agriculture in the drought-prone district will increase food production and improve their livelihood at the household level. 400 vegetable farmers trained under their …
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Kitgum, Uganda | URN | Failure by farmers in Kitgum District to raise co-funding contributions is threatening their access to support under the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project (UCSATP), district officials have warned. Barnabas Opiyo, the Kitgum district focal point officer for the project, said only three out of …
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Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Prudential Assurance Uganda, in partnership with My Tree Initiative Organisation, has launched the Schools Forests and Financial Literacy Programme, an integrated initiative aimed at strengthening environmental conservation and financial literacy among young learners. Unveiled at Gayaza Junior School in Wakiso District to commemorate World Earth …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
