Moroto, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Karamoja, a region in Uganda long plagued by hunger and food insecurity, is the focus of a newly launched project by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). With a €5 million …

GOMBA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said he is ready to have a showdown with people opposing the rationalization of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA. Speaking to Members of Parliament who belong to his ruling National Resistance Movement at his Kisozi farm, Museveni said his government …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | As parents pray for their children who are in candidate classes to pass the examinations, they have been urged to beyond that, take particular responsibility to ensure the children do not get spoilt by social media and other influences during vacation. Speaking Saturday at the …

WAKISO, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | When an incident happens to or at a property and there are spillover impacts to neighbouring properties and/or human lives, there may be questions unanswered as to where to seek redress, if any. These may be a building, finished or under construction, collapsing or a …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Doctors at the Hoima Regional Referral Hospital have raised a red flag over the escalating cases of maternal deaths being recorded in the Bunyoro sub-region. Hoima Regional Referral Hospital serves the districts of Hoima, Kikuube, Kagadi, Kibaale, Kakumiro, Masindi, Kiryandongo, Buliisa, Kyankwanzi, Kiboga and Hoima …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Entities operating in Uganda will have to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in their reporting. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) consist of a set of accounting rules that determine how transactions and other accounting events should to be reported in financial statements. The Institute …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 16,000 households are set to benefit from a new food security program in Karamoja. The “Improving Food Security and Resilience of Food Production Systems” is an initiative that is expected to indirectly impact up to 80,000 individuals across all nine districts of the Karamoja sub-region—including …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is targeting approximately 10 million new electricity connections through both grid and off-grid, to achieve universal access to electricity by 2030. Speaking at the Power Forum held on October 30, 2024, at Mestil Hotel in Kampala, the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Eng. Irene Pauline Bateebe …

Airtel Money Business Drives Performance. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications and Airtel money services in 14 countries in Africa, has announced a robust growth in profitability driven by the Group’s refined strategy which is focused on delivering better experiences for customers across …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), the Ministry of Health, and Wondfo Biotech Company have partnered to promote HIV self-testing among men in Kampala, targeting Boda Boda riders. Jackson Kadumye, the Senior Communications Officer from the Ministry of Health, told journalists in Kisenyi on Friday …