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More accounts opened as players suggest ways of boosting market activity Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | There is good news at the Uganda Securities Exchange. The latest market report shows that the number of depository accounts being opened is on the upward trend, signaling a growing interest by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change- FDC wants parliament to provide a supplementary budget for the landslide and flood prone districts of Bududa and Butaleja. Last week, floods hit Butaleja district displacing hundreds of people. Five people were also killed by landslides in Bududa.  The most affected …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Public Accounts Committee-PAC of parliament has issued a two day’s ultimatum to Mulago National Referral hospital officials to account for more than Shillings 245 million. The committee Chaired by Nathan Nandala Mafabi, the Budadiri West MP issued the ultimatum on Monday afternoon when …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Parliamentarians Personal and Research Assistants Association wants parliament to take over the payment of its members, saying they are being exploited by legislators. Currently, the personal assistants are paid by legislators. Although parliament has research officers who, are attached to committees, MPs hire …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has defended the award of medals to Uganda People’s Defence-UPDF soldiers who barred members of the probe team into land matters from accessing Mutungo hill. On February 6, the soldiers attached to External Security Organization-ESO barred Justice Catherine Bamugemereire, and her team from …

Uganda Economic Update: Investing $2 Billion Will Put One Million More Children in School Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An increase in government spending on education would improve enrollment and the quality of learning in Ugandan schools, raising the human capital necessary to sustain productivity and economic growth, according to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University has suspended services of external examiners for all its degree programs due to inadequate financing. The decision was announced by the University Secretary Charles Barugahare min a communication to colleges. The decision to suspend the external examination was reached by the University’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tobacco products like cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco contain nicotine, a heavily addictive substance that exposes people to the extremely harmful effects of tobacco dependency. Medical experts say that nicotine causes the release of dopamine, a chemical that affects emotions, movements, sensations of pleasure …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A police traffic officer who was allegedly assaulted by Major General Matayo Kyaligonza and his guards is seeking more than 200 million shillings for compensation. In her suit filed before the Civil Division of High Court, Esther Namaganda seeks to be compensated for general damages …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A host of alien practices have infiltrated conservative traditions of pilgrimage in the Roman Catholic Church as more people move away from the idea of wandering in a journey with a purpose to honour God. What is supposed to be a spiritual journey, has …