Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | World Bank says growth higher than stated Large scale urbanisation has already taken place in Rwanda, with the pace of it much faster than official records suggest because the definition of urban areas needs refining. Urbanisation appears to have had a positive impact on structural …
Read More »Banks rollout agent banking
The new banking model is expected to deepen financial inclusion Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s commercial banks have started rolling out agent banking following Kenya and Rwanda’s footsteps in an effort to grow deposits and customer base. This follows the coming into force of the Financial Institutions Act …
Read More »Speaker Ngoga renews calls for EALA autonomy as Kampala session starts
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The newly elected speaker of the East African Legislative assembly Martin Ngoga wants the regional assembly to be granted self autonomy to help it operate more efficiently and influence the affairs of the East African Community. Ngoga said this would be done through the creation …
Read More »Kadaga tasks government on fake academic documents
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has expressed concern over increased fake academic documents applicants are using to apply for various public service jobs. Kadaga said as the chairperson of the Parliament Appointments Committee, she was overwhelmed with several cases of forged qualifications by …
Read More »Ugandan army says 29 cattle raiders killed in three months
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Uganda’s army said Monday it had killed 29 armed cattle raiders in the porous northeastern region bordering South Sudan and Kenya, in a military operation which has entered its third month. “There have been isolated cases of contacts and clashes between the UPDF (the Ugandan …
Read More »VIDEO: Historic heart bypass surgery at Uganda’s Mulago hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An all-Ugandan team of doctors has carried out a vascular bypass surgery at the Uganda Heart Institute in Mulago on Monday. The first of its kind by an all Ugandan doctors team, the eight-hour procedure was performed to redirect blood flow from one area …
Read More »Why Uganda’s President Museveni regrets halting death penalty
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Monday he regretted stopping executions in his “pre-industrial” country, just days after his vow to resume death sentences alarmed rights groups. Museveni last signed a death warrant in 1999 to execute 28 convicts, while execution under military law was last …
Read More »CRANES: Desabre looks for winning end to CHAN tourney
FT: Uganda ?? 0 Ivory Coast ?? 0 Prize Money Winners – $1.25m Runners-up – 700,000 Semifinalists – 400,000 Quarter-finalists – 300,000 Third in the Group – 200,000 Fourth in the Group – 175,000 Marrakech, Morocco | THE INDEPENDENT | New Cranes coach Sebastien Desabre continues his hunt for his first win …
Read More »Museveni explains underfunding in judiciary
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has asked Uganda’s judiciary to prioritise cases of murder, sexual crimes, commercial cases and land over others because of scarce resources. “Scattering the little resources we have is very dangerous. When we do this, we do not achieve anything. Homicide, rape, Commercial and …
Read More »Kenya’s Jambojet to start flights to Uganda next month
Kenya’s Jambojet to start flights to Uganda next month Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Nairobi based budget airline Jambojet is set to expand its wings in East Africa with the launch of a double daily flight between Nairobi and Entebbe starting Feburary 14, 2018. Jambojet’s chief executive Willem Hondius made …
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