Accra, Ghana | XINHUA | The leadership of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is promoting a Pan-African payment system to facilitate intra-African trade, a top official said. Wamkele Mene, the Secretary-General of AfCFTA told Xinhua in an interview that the Pan-African Payments and Settlement System (PAPSS) would be …
Read More »Record Sh56million raised for Tororo Broadcasting Network in one week
Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A record Sh56million has been raised in one week, as efforts to get Tororo Broadcasting Network (TBN) on air by August hit a new momentum. After last week’s virtual fundraising graced by HRH Moses Steven Owor The Kwar Adhola, a promise by Geresom Okecho-Ochwo, …
Read More »Luwero leaders want changes to funding model for parish development
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Luwero district have demanded that the criteria used to allocate funds in the Parish Development Model programme be revised. Effective next month, the government will roll out the Parish Development model across the 10,694 parishes in Uganda. According to the national budget, …
Read More »NWSC summons Posta Uganda over illegal water consumption
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Institutions and private entities in Gulu are on the spot of illegal connections and drilling of boreholes as National Water and Sewerage Corporation loses millions of shillings in the City. At least nine business entities with accumulated water bills have are to reported illegally have …
Read More »Movement permits for essential staff to be got online
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | All movement permits for essential staff will be applied for online on the Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT) website according to a statement released by the ministry of health today. The travel permits will be required for all persons who want to move …
Read More »Police explains the many private cars on the road
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many private vehicles hit the road in several parts of Kampala today, hours after the president’s announcement of the new lockdown measures banning private vehicles from moving took effect on Friday 2200 hours. On Friday, President Yoweri Museveni reinstated a full lockdown …
Read More »Chinese-built Ethiopia-Djibouti railway transports 3.45 mln tons of goods in 3 years
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | XINHUA | The Chinese-built 752.7-km-long Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway has transported a total of 3.45 million tons of import and export commodities and goods over the last three years, local media Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) reported on Friday. The Ethiopia-Djibouti electrified railway which connects landlocked Ethiopia …
Read More »Investigators rule out murder in land dealer’s death
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Special Investigations Division in Kireka alongside Criminal Investigations Directorate have released three suspects in the death of Wakiso land dealer, Samuel Musiitwa, who was a brother of slain Star FM journalist Robert Kagolo. Assistant Superintendent of Police- ASP Charles Twine, who also speaks …
Read More »Export guarantee safeguards key for promoting regional trade
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda needs an export guarantee scheme for trade with Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, according to the Uganda Manufacturers Association Executive Director, Daniel Birungi. Birungi made the remarks at the recently held post-budget virtual conference in Kampala sponsored by Absa Bank Uganda. Birungi’s …
Read More »Mixed performance for private sector activities
Rising customer numbers support expanding private sector output according to Stanbic Bank Uganda index Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Growth was recorded again in the Ugandan private sector during May, with output, new orders and employment all rising over the course of the month, according to the monthly Stanbic …
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