Business

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The business community in Kanungu District is bothered by the intermittent power supply in the area.  Kanungu depends on the 33 KiloVolt (KV) Rukungiri-Kanungu and Muhanga-Rugyeyo power line. But, according to residents, the line blacks out often leaving them in total darkness for longer hours, …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Communications Commission-UCC has commenced public consultations on the draft policy that guides the deployment and sharing of telecommunications infrastructure.    The UCC says individual establishment or deployment of infrastructure by the various communications sector players is one of the major factors behind …

Reopening of school boosts confidence of private entities and posts a growth in businesses activities ✳ Companies optimistic of the future outlook ✳ Schools reopening and increase in new business supports higher output ✳ Employment rises for first time in three month Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Private sector …

  Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Funding of 17 new youth groups under the youth livelihood program in Gulu City has been halted after the authorities failed to recover funds disbursed to 58 different groups six years ago.  Santo Otto Anywar, the Gulu City Welfare Officer and the Focal Point …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leaders of Karamoja and Turkana county of Kenya have agreed to establish a cross-border cattle market across the border in Moroto district in Uganda. This, they say, will be a market to unite all the region’s pastoralists who have been conflicting across the border.  …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Traffic Police in Gulu has intensified enforcement of standard operating procedures on public transport. After public transport resumed last year, transporters have been loading passengers to full capacity and charged them double despite public outcry. The vice is being perpetrated even at this period …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge  | MTN Uganda and International Medical Group and International Medical Center have signed a memorandum of understanding to provide digital health services across the country. Telemedicine is a situation where a medical doctor interacts or offers medical services to a patient through internet enabled devices like …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Farmers in Acholi Sub Region have expressed worries over the unpredictable weather conditions ahead of this year`s planting season. Unlike in the previous years, farmers in Acholi Sub Region would start opening their farmlands between the months of late January and March ready for the …

Kampala Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The East African Community’s 21st Heads of States Summit, which saw Kenya take over the chairmanship of the community, was unique in many ways, including being the first to be held virtually.  It also came at a time, when two of the members of the …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  A section of pork dealers in Kitgum Municipality are counting the costs after a sharp decline in sales of pork following an outbreak of suspected African Swine Fever (ASF) disease in the district. More than 600 pigs have reportedly died from a strange disease in …