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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund Relations Manager Joseph Sooka has been convicted of embezzling 152.7 million Shillings from the Fund Suspense Account. Sooka who has been in charge of the Suspense Account which the Auditor General has severally queried for accumulating unallocated funds is also …

Uganda ready to defend individual and team titles in Australia  🔵 SCHEDULE ✳ Mixed Relay 7.30am ✳ U20 Race W 8.10am ✳ U20 Race M 8.50am ✳ Senior Race W 9.30am ✳ Senior Race M 10.30am Bathurst, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | With the fastest man on earth over …

  Kiboga, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT |  The government of Uganda, through the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Ruth Nankabirwa, has launched the disbursement of Parish Development Model  (PDM) cash to beneficiaries in Kiboga District. Through Equity Bank, government has streamlined the disbursement process and will offer financial literacy …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Leading tech-centric finance company, CapitalSavvy yesterday passed out a group of 20 trainees who completed a course in Blockchain technology. The 20 made the pioneering cohort of the Blockchain Innovation Program that was launched in the last quarter of last year. CapitalSavvy partnered with international …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dorothy Kisaka, the Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is under pressure from the political wing to take the contracts for the implementation of civil works under the Kampala City Roads Rehabilitation Project-KCRRP worth Shillings 1.06 trillion. The government secured the money as a …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A disagreement has emerged between Henry Musasizi, the State Minister of Finance for General Duties, and Raphael Magyezi, Minister for Local Government over the creation of Kabale city. In 2019, Kabale Municipality was listed among municipalities that will be elevated to city status in 2023. …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A witchdoctor in Soroti has been arrested for possessing a human skull. The arrest of Julius Okodi follows the death of Simon Edou, 52 on March 21, 2021. Edou disappeared from his home for five days and the matter was reported to Asuret police station …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese municipality leaders have launched investigations into allegations of health workers at Kasese municipal health center III selling government drugs. There are also allegations that one of the health workers at the facility has been selling his own drugs to patients. The Town Clerk, Theophelous …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Waswa Balunywa, the Principal of Makerere University Business School- MUBS has urged graduands to desist from consumption of drugs. Balunywa was on Thursday speaking at the ongoing graduation ceremony at Makerere University’s Freedom square. The fourth day of the graduation week saw only graduands …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Finance, Planning, and Economic Development Matia Kasaija has asked governments, financial and development organizations to allocate financial resources towards climate change mitigation. According to Kasaija, climate change is the biggest single challenge to not just the environment and human life, but the …