The lender has waived transaction charges and loan arrangement fees for six months and says credit decisions will be made within 48 hours Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | NCBA Bank Uganda has launched a new business banking proposition offering unsecured loans of up to Shs500 million within …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Kampala Capital City Authority Executive Director Hajat Sharifah Buzeki has announced that KCCA has set aside a dedicated budget in the current financial year to eradicate bedbugs in communities across Kampala. She urged local leaders to identify the most affected areas to enable KCCA teams to …
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Kyegegwa, Uganda | URN | When food and cash assistance stopped two years ago, Moise Kaulwa, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo living in Kakoni Refugee Zone in Kyaka II Refugee Settlement in Kyegegwa district, had to find a new way to feed his family. Like many other …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Health workers have questioned why government health programmes such as free bed net distribution, spraying, and other interventions do not include schools, and yet over 50 percent of the country’s population is below 15 years of age, and the majority are in school. Speaking to …
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Masaka, Uganda | URN | Proprietors of private schools in the Greater Masaka sub-region have criticised the government’s new Pay-As-You-Earn (PAYE) tax policy on secondary sources of income, saying it is making it harder to attract and retain experienced teachers. The school owners argue that the policy, which imposes a …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | As the dispute between Kyambogo University and former students who graduated with Diplomas in Sports Management over recognition as Physical Education teachers continues, questions have emerged on whether their qualification meets Uganda’s teacher registration requirements. The graduates, who enrolled in 2017, accuse the university of …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Fauzati Mariam Wangadya has resigned as Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), less than two weeks after publicly criticizing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over his appointment of what she described as “undeserving” individuals to the Commission. In a brief three-line resignation letter seen …
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Bududa, Uganda | URN | Every rainy season, Peter Kibeti watches the clouds gather over the slopes of Mount Elgon with quiet apprehension. The mountain has never allowed him to forget. Sixteen years have passed since the March 2010 landslide that tore through Nametsi village in Bududa District, burying homes, …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, the former Member of Parliament for Kira municipality and the Secretary General of the People’s Front for Freedom-PFF has indicated that he temporarily staying away from Uganda. In an X post about the rearrest of his friend and former Butambala MP Muhammad Muwanga …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | In two unprecedented rulings, High Court judge Paul Gadenya Wolimbwa has said that courts have no option but to grant mandatory bail to accused persons after spending 180 days on remand before being committed to the High court. In two separate rulings in which he …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
