How Ugandans can build wealth back home while doing business in Kenya Nairobi, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Ugandans living and working in Nairobi are being encouraged to look beyond remittances and embrace structured investments that enable them to build wealth back home while growing their businesses across …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government has announced that 21 Ugandans who were trafficked to Myanmar and held in forced labour camps operated by international criminal syndicates are expected to return home next week, following months of captivity. Government Spokesperson Allan Kasujja says that the 21 Ugandans were …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | A new report released by the Ministry of Health shows, lives of thirty-three children under the age of five are lost every day due to diarrheal diseases and yet such deaths can be prevented with simple practices such as hand washing. The report, ‘The cost …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The United Arab Emirates has eased precautionary entry measures imposed on Ugandan nationals during the Ebola outbreak, paving the way for the restoration of normal travel and labour links between the two countries. The decision was announced by the UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On any given day, supermarkets across Kampala tell a story of changing consumer habits. Shopping trolleys move through busy aisles as families buy their weekly essentials, professionals pick up convenient meals after work, and students compare prices of snacks and household items. For years, imported …
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COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | South Africa is in the news, unfortunately, for all the wrong reasons. Imagine Black Africans chasing and lynching fellow Africans, who are seeking economic fortunes, out of their country. For some time, South Africa has been the number one economy in Africa because of …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | The government says three Ugandans lost their lives during the recent anti-immigrant unrest in South Africa. Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo said the government is working with South African authorities to repatriate the bodies of the deceased while ensuring their families receive …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | A total of 273 Ugandan nationals have safely returned home from South Africa, marking the first phase of the Government of Uganda’s voluntary repatriation exercise for citizens affected by the recent wave of anti-illegal immigration protests and xenophobic violence in South African. The returnees arrived …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Food once meant to nourish and sustain households is now, in many homes, increasingly linked to sickness, chronic illness, and even death. The Food Rights Alliance and partner organizations warn that unsafe food has become a silent public health crisis, with contaminated meals sending an estimated …
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NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | The brutal killing of Uganda Cranes rugby player Sydney Gongodyo has once again forced the country to confront an uncomfortable question: Why does mob violence continue to thrive in Uganda, often in the presence of dozens of witnesses, without anyone stepping in to stop …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
