NEWS

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | European Investment Bank (EIB Global) and Centenary Rural Development Bank Ltd (“CERUDEB”) have announced the agreement to make over 426 billion shillings (€100 million) available to private sector enterprises, with a focus on female borrowers and microenterprises in rural areas. A statement from EIB says …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Equity Bank is set to celebrate Women’s Month with a series of special events aimed at empowering and enabling women in small-scale businesses to achieve their full potential.  In line with the International Women’s Day theme of ‘invest in women; Accelerate progress,’ Equity Bank …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership in Masaka City Council has considered organizing hygiene contests in schools and household levels as the response to the apparent high levels of filthiness in the area. Michael Mulindwa Nnakumusana, the Chairperson for Nyendo-Mukungwe Division says the competitions are intended to challenge the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union and Uganda have agreed on the need to increase trade and investments between them because the current environment is favorable. While the EU is Uganda’s largest single source of foreign direct investment and tourists, trade between the two is worth about 1.5 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the President has introduced a web-based tool to track promises made by the government through the manifesto and presidential directives. The new tool will collect information directly from technical officers in government Ministries, Departments and Agencies and local government, as well as …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The staff of Lira University Teaching Hospital have initiated an industrial action against the University over alleged salary disparities. The industrial action which started on Monday 4, has seen only essential departments operating with minimal staffing levels at the Teaching Hospital which serves both the …

Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES |  Journalist, lawyer and human rights advocate Agather Atuhaire has been recognised for her work to promote the rule of law in Uganda. Atuhaire was one of 13 women from across the world who were presented with U.S. State Department’s  International Women of Courage …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The existing livestock practices in Uganda’s cattle industry can be used to limit the emission of greenhouse gases. This is part of the findings from the Support to Rural Sustainable Transformation (SIRGE) project, funded by the European Union. The project aimed at providing more accurate …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled that it will commence the hearing of confirmation of charges against fugitive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony in absentia. The Judges have set October 15 this year as the date for the commencement of confirmation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President  Yoweri Museveni has pledged to provide financial support to the judiciary towards rejuvenating the traditional methods of dispute resolution as opposed to the colonial way of litigation. The President’s promise was contained in a message delivered by Vice  President, Jessica Alupo while officiating at …