Mobile money taxes reversing digital financial inclusion in Uganda
Uganda’s mobile money tax policy is threatening to reverse years of digital financial inclusion by driving low-income users back to cash. With 43 million accounts proce...
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Africa’s one-dose cure brings sleeping sickness elimination within reach
SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Africa’s long battle against sleeping sickness may be approaching its final chapter as a new single-dose therapy gains international regu...
Rakai RDC Sarah Kiyimba Takes on Land Grabbers, Eyes Bigger Role in Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s Next Government
RAKAI — In a region long plagued by bitter land wrangles and fraud, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Rakai, Sarah Kiyimba, has emerged as one of the most voc...
Kiryandongo Deputy CAO hands over office after transfer to Kisoro
Outgoing Kiryandongo Deputy CAO Deo Kabugo (R) hands over office instruments to Principal Assistant CAO Denis Dacan during a ceremony at the district headquarters.Kiryand...
NMS ROT RELOADED! New Report Exposes Drug Delivery Failures, Billions in Expired Medicines & A Brewing Succession War Around Kamabare
A thunderous alarm has been sounded over Uganda’s lifeline for public medicines after the latest report from the Auditor General ripped open the operations of the Natio...
Billy Mulindwa- The Maverick RDC Who Chased Bobi Wine And Rewrote Masaka’s Political Destiny
When one first hears the word Masaka, the first things that pops into their mind is the hostile politics that has rarely allowed the ruling National Resistance Movement a...
Civil Society raises alarm over Uganda’s debt surge, health funding gaps
Kampala, Uganda: Civil society organisations have raised alarm over Uganda’s growing public debt and widening gaps in health sector funding, warning that the latest Aud...
SPEAKERSHIP RACE: Mwenda Puts His Money on Mao, Explains How & Why Anita Among Has Become Too Powerful for The Comfort of Deep State Members
In the latest episode of the very popular Bad Natives Podcast, comprising of Andrew Mwenda, Robert Kabushenga and Onyango-Obbo, the Independent Magazine CEO asserted that...
Museveni Tells Otafiire to Back Off Crown Prince Muhoozi
President Yoweri Museveni has intervened in Cabinet tensions involving his son, CDF Muhoozi Kainerugaba, directing Internal Affairs Minister Kahinda Otafiire to clarify h...
Nebbi councillors close CAO office, demand her transfer over leadership dispute
Nebbi, Uganda: Tension escalated at Nebbi District Headquarters on Thursday after district councillors forcefully closed the office of Chief Administrative Officer Doroth...