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Rubirizi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU has burnt 1,000 illegal fishing nets and impounded 40 boats in Rubirizi District. The fishing gear was impounded during operations to crack down on poor fishing methods on the landing sites of Kashaka, Mahyoro and Kasenyi on Lake George. Lt Bernard …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | KCB Bank Uganda Limited has appointed Constant Othieno Mayende its chairman Board of Directors. Othieno Mayende will replace Aga Sekalala Jr, whose term recently came to an end. Othieno Mayende has over 23 years’ experience in banking, strategy formulation, business development, financial management, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Godfrey Karugaba roasts chicken on the roadside in Kalerwe, a Kampala slum. About three years in the business, Karugaba has tried a number of energy options including electric ovens for frying chips but has settled for a charcoal grilling stove for roasting chicken.  It’s the …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has set aside Shillings 9 billion to patch potholes on different city roads. The money comes from the Authority Budget for 2020/2021 for infrastructure works in Kampala, which includes road construction.  The Minister for Kampala Betty Amongi told journalists at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Members of Parliament and surveyors from the Ministry of Lands have resolved to visit land that is due for compensation.  The Adhoc committee of parliament led by Kaberamaido County Woman MP Veronica Bichetero is currently investigating compensation concerning land in Ndeeba on which a Church …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | Bids have been opened, and it will be MTN Group and Safaricom that will participate in Ethiopia’s process to award two full-service telecommunications licenses. “Pursuant to 33 of the tender regulations, qualified bidders are Global partnership for Ethiopia (Vodafone, Vodacom, Safaricom, Sumitomo and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA is in the final stages of developing an electronic Procurement system.  This is part of KCCA’s plan to turn Kampala into a Smart City through the use of technology and shall do away with manual handling of bids as suppliers …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Rehabilitation of two major roads in Fort Portal Tourism City has resumed.  The roads are Kaboyo and Ruhandiika which had been contracted to Trino Consulting Limited. However, the construction works stalled last year after the company had just started grading the roads. This sparked endless …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament’s Budget Committee has faulted officials from the Ministry of Finance for undermining the Public Finance Management Act provisions while presenting an additional budget of 3.4 trillion Shillings for the financial year 2021/2022. The additional budget presented to the Committee on Monday has increased the …

Kampala , Uganda | Julius Businge | Civil Society Organizations are urging the government to focus on issues related to food insecurity, and weak healthcare system as it takes steps to ensure immediate relief and long term recovery during and post-Covid-19 era.  The CSOs include SEATINI Uganda, Oxfam, Federation for Small and Medium …