Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The financial technology (FinTech) industry has grown faster than the managers of the economy had anticipated, with the number of FinTechs growing from just five in 2017 to 189 in 2022. This has come with regulatory challenges due to the complex nature of the industry that …
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Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces in Kotido district have recovered 22 animals that Karamojong rustlers stole from Agago district. Col. Wilberforce Sserunkuma, the 405 Brigade Commander said the recovery of the animals was part of the efforts in the ongoing cordon and search operations. He said the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South African company Tiger Brands has recalled its Purity Essentials Baby Powder products after finding levels of asbestos, a chemical whose exposure has been linked to various cancers in test samples. According to a warning notice written by Meti Demissie Disasa, the Registrar COMESA Competition Commission, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Crimes Division of the High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application in which the lawyers representing Kawempe North Member of Parliament Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Makindye West counterpart Allan Ssewanyana, wanted to be part of the application seeking to protect prosecution witnesses. The …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Building Review Board-NBRB has said that using steel-timber-concrete method to construct slabs is unsafe since there are no clear standards for the timber being used. The clarification follows the 19th September 2022 ban by the Minister for Works and Transport Gen. Katumba Wamala on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organization-WHO has urged health workers in Uganda not to consider using Ebola therapeutics used to treat patients in the neighboring DR Congo, saying these will not be effective. Speaking at an Ebola Infection Prevention and Control-IPC meeting for health workers held on Monday, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Finance in charge of General Duties, Henry Musasizi has raised concerns over the country’s high fiscal deficit saying it’s worrying. Parliament in May this year passed a budget of 48.1 trillion shillings for the financial year 2022/23. However, out of the total …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara police are holding a Uganda Peoples Defence Force-UPDF soldier accused of killing a boda boda rider. The suspect is Private Allan Turyasima, 25, a UPDF soldier attached to the 1st Battalion Commando Brigade in Fort Portal. The suspect was arrested on Monday morning from Ntungamo …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The investigator in the case in which 32 supporters of the National Unity Platform are accused of being in illegal possession of explosive devices has asked the General Court Martial in Makindye to deny them bail. Investigator Elly Musinguzi (Lt) of the Special Investigations Bureau of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 4.8 billion shillings has so far been collected in the ongoing operations against traffic penalty defaulters. Although the traffic police headquarters at Nateete police station have not yet divulged the total collection, a senior traffic officer has revealed that by Wednesday last week, they were …
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