Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Hundreds of Ugandans turned up at Metroplex Shopping Mall in Naalya on Sunday for the second edition of the Independence Marathon, held under the theme “Save a Mother” to mobilise resources for life-saving maternal healthcare. The marathon featured 42-kilometre, 21-kilometre, 10-kilometre and 5-kilometre …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called on Uganda to stop exporting raw materials and invest in processing and manufacturing, as the country pursues a target of growing its economy tenfold to $500bn by 2040. In a speech read on his behalf by Trade, Industry …
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New faciliteis to strengthen delivery of Uganda’s development finance mandate Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Development Bank (UDB), Uganda’s national Development Finance Institution, has commissioned UDB Tower, its new 14-storey head office located at Plot 22, Hannington Road in Kampala. Officials said the commissioning marks a …
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Hoima, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Members of Parliament on the Committee on the Budget have concluded a field oversight visit to Uganda’s key petroleum development projects to assess progress, evaluate preparedness for first oil, and gain a first-hand understanding of investments being undertaken across the sector. The delegation, led …
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Kampala, Uganda | FEATURE | When Fatuma Nabuulime’s name was announced during the 76th graduation ceremony at Makerere University’s Freedom Square, the applause went beyond the usual celebration of academic achievement. For those familiar with the realities of disability, rural poverty and institutional gaps in East Africa, her walk across the …
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COMMENT | ANGELA NALWEYISO SEMAKULA | As Warren Buffett aptly noted, “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” This principle underpins the Government of Uganda’s approach to developing the country’s oil and gas resources, balancing the need to attract serious investment with robust cost management …
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Uganda’s seven-decade electricity journey reveals the gap between generating electricity and getting it reliably into homes, businesses and communities Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On April 29, 1954, Uganda switched on a new chapter in its economic history. At Owen Falls, where the Nile leaves Lake Victoria, the country’s …
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ATIMA: You find a parent paying a lot of money thinking the child is in an international school, yet the school is offering something different Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Education and Sports intends to tighten regulation of international schools, with institutions offering both foreign and Ugandan curricula required …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will make more money from its mineral wealth if it moves beyond digging and exporting raw minerals to processing and manufacturing, Ecobank Uganda Managing Director Grace Muliisa has said. Speaking at an Ecobank CEO Breakfast during the 15th Annual Mineral Wealth Conference at …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | When Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI) has discharged its second patient to have undergone a successful bone marrow transplant to treat multiple myeloma – a type of blood cancer. Health Minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi said it was an example of the government’s recent efforts not …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
