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Ecobank announces 2024 Fintech Challenge

Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA |  Ecobank Group has announced the launch of the 7th edition of its highly anticipated Ecobank Fintech Challenge. This annual competition serves as a launchpad for African fintech startups and developers, both domestic and those with a global focus on Africa, to unlock significant funding, …

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Police detain bus passenger after lady accuses him of indecent assault

Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Pakwach District are holding a man, Ivan Mungungeyo, on allegations of sexually assaulting a female passenger aboard a Nile Star bus. Mungungeyo, a resident of Wampewo Kasawe Zone, Kasangati Town Council, Wakiso District, was detained on Sunday after the victim, identified as Judith …

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Mutaasa Kafeero takes Range Rover dispute to court

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala City businessman Alhajji Mutaasa Kafeero has petitioned the Commercial Division of the High Court to compel car dealer Seguya Yassah Matovu to refund a balance of 300 million Shillings for selling him an old model Range Rover contrary to their agreement. According to …

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Iraq invites Uganda to join Road Development Project

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Iraq has invited Uganda to be part of their Road Development Project aimed at linking the Asian country to Europe. Uganda would participate by acquiring space in the strategically located industrial zones along the network. Ghazi Ktab, Director of the Africa Department at the Ministry …

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Karamoja demands distinct regional status, clear break from The North

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders under the umbrella of the Uganda Local Government Association (ULGA) have asked the government to consider Karamoja as a distinct region separate from Northern Uganda. Karamoja sub-region covers an area of 27,528 kilometers and comprises nine districts including Moroto, Napak, Nakapiripirit, Nabilatuk, …

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CSOs: Uganda’s budget process has been handled carelessly

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The civil society groups in Uganda have termed the next national budget ineffective in answering the country’s pressing needs. The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is due to present this Thursday a sh72 trillion budget, which was revised at the last minute …

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Britain returns 39 Ugandan artifacts, more on the way

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda on Sunday received 39 of Uganda’s cultural heritage artifacts that have for over 100 years been kept in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University. The objects come from all over Uganda. Among them a drum from Bunyoro, sent to Cambridge in 1920.  …

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Lack of electricity makes learning difficult at Napak Seed school

Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Napak Seed Secondary School is struggling to conduct studies over the lack of electricity. According to students, they cannot attend preps, or ICT lessons, and there are risks of insecurity due to the absence of electricity at school. Zachary Kodet, a student at Napak Seed …

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Over 2,800 cases pending in Lira High Court

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 2,856 cases are yet to be heard at the Lira High Court. According to court records, 554 cases are land-related, 962 civil cases, 121 family, and 1,219 criminal. Speaking during the Lira High Court Open Day, Justice Duncan Gaswaga, the Lira Resident Judge said …

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