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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda Registration Services Bureau, the national business registry, has this morning launched its mass business registration campaign aimed at promoting formalization among entrepreneurs and small business owners. In a news release dated Sept.26, the bureau said this initiative seeks to simplify the registration process, …

✳ Year – Interest 2012 ✅10.00% 2013 ✅11.23% 2014 ✅11.50% 2015 ✅13.00% 2016 ✅12.30% 2017 ✅11.23% 2018 ✅ 15% 2019 ✅ 11% 2020 ✅ 10.75% 2021 ✅ 12.15% 2022 ✅ 09.65% 2023 ✅ 10.00% URBRA warns of low coverage in the retirement benefits sector and calls for effective policy responses to …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Museveni has questioned officials at the Health Ministry over delays in finalizing the signing of a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an Austrian firm for the construction of a specialized Teaching Hospital at Gulu University. Early last year, a team from VAMED Engineering …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Local Governments whose lower administrative units were annexed to create cities across the country will have to wait for another year to access funds for their relocation to new administrative headquarters. This comes nearly three years since the government started operationalizing 10 new cities …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Joint security forces in the Karamoja sub-region are consolidating their military installations in Nakapiripirit and Amudat districts in response to threats of potential attacks by Pokot warriors. This decision follows the recent incident where 40 cows belonging to the Pokot community, part of the …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Charles Wesley Mumbere homecoming organizing committee is facing challenges in meeting the budget as the day approaches. Mumbere’s return is scheduled for October 4, 2023. The homecoming organizing committee, along with the three pillars of the Kingdom, which include the Royal Family, Kingdom Veterans, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA) and Police have started operations against money lenders confiscating National Identify Cards. Osborn Mushabe, the NIRA spokesperson said many money lenders have continued to defy warnings and have continued taking National IDs as security for loans. Mushabe said a …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have shot dead the suspected leader of the notorious machete-wielding group responsible for a string of attacks on Mbale city residents and its neighborhood. The suspect has been identified as Ibra Maboni alias Kadanke 25, a resident of Obuyonjo Cell, Nkoma Ward in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has awarded Hajara Nakitto sh50 million for the loss of her 15-year-old son during the November 2020 city riots. In a ruling delivered on Friday, Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana declared the death as unlawful and an arbitrary deprivation of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC faction led by the Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has said it is going to drag Patrick Amuriat Oboi and Nathan Nandala Mafabi the President and Secretary General of the Najjanankumbi faction and commanders of police for procuring and …