Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda and its Tanzanian counterpart have today signed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline agreement that effectively signals the start of the construction of the pipeline that will transport Uganda’s oil from Hoima to the port of Tanga. The construction …
Read More »Tanzania President Suluhu welcomed to Uganda to seal oil deal
PROGRAMME *⃣ 9.30am President Sulhu arrives Entebbe *⃣ 11.10am Pres Suluhu recived by Pres Museveni *⃣ 11.50am Tete-a-tete *⃣ 12.55pm Signing ceremony begins *⃣ 13.30pm Joint Communique *⃣ 2.pm Luncheon *⃣ 2.45pm Suluhu departs Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT| Tanzania’s president Samia Hassan Suluhu is in Uganda to sign …
Read More »China’s Xi urges resolute efforts to curb telecom, online fraud
Beijing, China | XINHUA | Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for acting on the people-centered philosophy and fully implementing crackdown, prevention, regulation and control measures to resolutely curb telecom and online fraud. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the …
Read More »Salim Saleh complains about inconsistent power supply in Northern Uganda
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has been faulted over the failure to address inconsistent power supply in Northern Uganda. The power regulatory authority has been accused of sabotaging business development and industrialization in the Northern Region due to intermittent and low power supply. General …
Read More »Two arrested in Mbale City for dealing in counterfeit currency
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people have been arrested in Mbale for allegedly dealing with counterfeit money. The suspects are Rashid Mudebo a resident of Namanyonyi in Mbale City and Jacqueline Anzilim a Kenyan National from Busia. They were arrested on Friday around ABSA Bank in Mbale …
Read More »Centenary Bank appoints Balikuddembe Executive Director
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Centenary have finally filled the top job at the bank by appointing Joseph Kiwanuka Balikuddembe as Executive Director. It is a reunion for him, and Centenary Bank that are Uganda’s leading commercial microfinance bank, as he started his banking career with them. Balikuddembe brings to …
Read More »Over 1000 expected to participate in 3rd EAC congress of accountants
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda will this month host the 3rd East African Congress of Accountants. The congress was supposed to be held last year in March but was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on gatherings. “We have now assessed and it is possible to host the congress,” …
Read More »Joint medical stores loses equipment worth UGX 7bn in fire
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Medical Stores –JMS has lost medical equipment worth 7 Billion Shillings in a fire that gutted several warehouses. On Friday, fire gutted warehouses belonging to Madhvani Group of Companies located at the 5th Street Industrial Area. The fire is believed to have …
Read More »AFIEGO demands transparency as leaders meet over oil deals
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The African Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) is demanding for the involvement of Ugandans in the negotiations on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and the Tilenga oil projects in the Albertine region. The call comes as Ugandan and Tanzanian leaders and their technocrats …
Read More »Farmer loses over 15,000 fish to suspected poisoning in Kanungu
Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sam Kibiribiri, a farmer from Kinaburimano village in Kihiihi Sub-county, Kanungu district has lost 15,000 fish in a suspected poisoning. The fish was found floating on top of the ponds on Thursday. Kibiribiri says that the four-month-old tilapia fish had cost him over five …
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