Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited is committed to continuing to support farmers with financial and non-financial solutions to be able to yield tangible results from their farming activities. This revelation was made by Patrick Twinamatsiko, the Manager in charge of the bank’s Sacco financing. Twinamatsiko …
Read More »Mukula: We shouldn’t have another ‘westerner’ after Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Captain Mike Mukula, the National Resistance Movement-NRM party vice chairperson for Eastern Uganda says after 35 years of President Yoweri Museveni Uganda should have a leader who doesn’t hail from Western Uganda. Speaking to URN, Mukula said although he’s not sectarian, he believes that …
Read More »NDA closes 183 drug outlets in Western Ugandan.
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 183 drug outlets have been closed by the National Drug Authority-NDA in Western Uganda over the last one week. The outlets were closed in an enforcement operation that started on November 18, 2019 and ended on November 22, 2019. It covered 19 …
Read More »VIDEO: Uganda’s Mist Rally unites motorists and tourism
VIDEO: The 350km Mist rally, the second national rally event this year, will be held in western Uganda. The rally will run through key tourism points in the region. The rally has attracted drivers from Rwanda and Burundi. Share on:
Read More »Kamwenge District gets big rural water boost
Biguli Sub County gets three piped water supply systems Settling for unclean and unsafe water will soon be a thing of the past in Biguli sub county, Kamwenge District in western Uganda. This follows the construction of three piped water supply and sanitation systems by Water For People in conjunction …
Read More »Behind the attacks in western Uganda
By Patrick Kagenda What Museveni should fear Recent events in the districts of Kasese, Bundibugyo, and Ntororo show that President Yoweri Museveni’s strategy to politically and strategically capture the volatile region could be failing, experts say. For some time, Museveni has been attempting to have the Bakonjo and their leader, …
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