Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Development Bank, the country’s national development finance company, made a record level of loan approvals in 2021, with total lending of sh635 billion. The approved loans are the highest since 2011, denoting a 10-year-high, while the loan stock grew more than half …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop of West Buganda Anglican Diocese; The Rt Rev Henry Katumba Tamale, has called for a general salary scales review for all public servants, as a decisive solution to the recurrent strikes. He is concerned that repeated action by different categories of civil …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has tasked religious leaders to mobilise their parishioners to embrace the Parish Developmental Model (PDM) programme that is currently being rolled out in the country. The call was part of his message during the groundbreaking ceremony and fundraising drive for the …

Elegu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Consumers and traders operating at Elegu Border Point in Amuru district have asked the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) to step up market surveillance and crackdown on substandard commodities. They pointed out that the area is witnessing a surge in goods and commodities …

Tripoli, Libya | Xinhua | Political instability will likely persist in Libya as a United Nations-backed transitional phase, outlined in a roadmap for the North African country in 2020, expired this week, Libyan analysts say. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) facilitated the first round Libyan Political Dialogue …

    Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has advised the people of Kabale district to refrain from smuggling goods into Rwanda and instead engage in formal business. In a statement provided by the presidential press unit, Museveni made the comment at the Katuna border as he …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of road users within the Nsambya area are unaware of the planned closure of part of the road to pave way for the construction of the Kampala Flyover Project. The road from the clock tower to Nsambya has been temporarily closed from …

Denver,  United States | Xinhua | U.S. Congress voted this week to enact the first gun control measures in America since assault weapons were banned for a decade in 1995, though many still doubt the real effect of the law on stemming gun violence. The conclusive 67-34 vote Thursday in …

A trajectory of blacksmithing as a creative practice in pre-colonial and contemporary Buganda CULTURE & ARTS | Dominic Muwanguzi |  Since the pre-colonial times indigenous communities on the African continent have engaged in different art forms as a means of social-l cultural expression and survival on a day to day basis. …

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commonwealth has admitted Gabon and Togo as its 55th and 56th members respectively. Both countries are former French colonies. Leaders accepted applications by the two west African countries at the closing session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. It …