Joel Ssenyonyi is disappointed that some UPE schools have not yet received the Capitation Grant. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, (LoP), Joel Ssenyonyi, has called on the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to increase the capitation grant for government-aided primary schools, saying …
Read More »BOU: Domestic borrowing risking country’s growth
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has expressed fear over the rising borrowing by the government from the local banking industry, saying it could team up with other factors to affect the growth of the economy. As of the end of June 2023, the government …
Read More »Uganda ranks fourth in Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2023
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda maintained its fourth position with a score of 63 out of 28 countries surveyed in the Africa Financial Markets Index 2023. The Absa Group survey, released in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, Tuesday, said that Ugandan government bonds were added to the FTSE Frontier …
Read More »Court asked to nullify parliamentary seats in cities, municipalities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Civil Society Organizations and a lawyer Peter Gwayaka Magelah have petitioned the Constitutional Court in Kampala seeking an order to nullify 22 parliamentary seats some in new cities and municipalities. The CSOs are the Alliance for Finance Monitoring and the Walezi wa …
Read More »Dog Kanyanya, Kisenyi criminal gang leader dead
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dog Kanyanya, the ringleader of a major Kisenyi criminal gang has succumbed to bullet wounds he sustained during police operations. Police were informed at around 9 am last Friday that pedestrians had been attacked by a gang of more than 12 members all armed …
Read More »UPDF soldiers sensitize public on the values of the NRA struggle
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 300 UPDF men and officers from Magamaga cantonment yesterday made a route march along the Jinja-Iganga highway, enroute to Bugweri district for the year’s Tarehe sita celebrations. The soldiers who covered themselves with fresh green leaves and dry banana leaves setoff from Magamaga barracks …
Read More »DPF pays depositors of closed ECF Microfinance
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deposit Protection Fund (DPF) has completed the payment of individually protected depositors of the closed EFC Microfinance Uganda. Last month, the Bank of Uganda placed EFC Uganda Limited under liquidation, revoked its license, and ordered the winding up of its affairs, citing a …
Read More »Lawyers stopped from meeting to discuss Museveni letter to Chief Justice
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Law Society (ULS) Extra Ordinary Meeting due this afternoon has been stopped by The High Court in Kampala. The order issued by Civil Division’s Justice Musa Ssekaana follows a successful application by one of the members of Uganda Law Society Brian Kirima against his …
Read More »Ogwang defends Netball Normalization Committee on allowances
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Peter Ogwang, the State Minister for Sports, has come to the defense of the Netball Normalization Committee amidst allegations of failing to provide daily allowances to She Cranes players during the International Netball Series in Wales and England. Ogwang refuted media reports claiming that …
Read More »UPDF clear railway line in Mayuge ahead of Tarehe Sita
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF officers from Magamaga dedicated their entire Monday to cleaning a section of the railway line in Mayuge district as part of the Tarehe Sita (February 6) celebrations. The railway line is adjacent to a market with a capacity for 1000 …
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