How Mobile Money Taxes Are Squeezing Life Ouf of Small Businesses
Rising mobile money transaction and withdrawal charges are increasingly eating into the profits of small businesses in Uganda, with traders and MSMEs warning that the hig...
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OIL PALM PROJECT IN TROUBLE! Billions Idle, Land Unused, Factory Stalled — Has Masaba Outstayed Her Welcome?
The National Oil Palm Project (NOPP), once hailed as a transformative agro-industrial lifeline for Uganda’s rural farmers, is now sinking under the weight of delays, un...
Minister Balaam Barugahara: Bobi Wine Has Got Homes in London and Boston
Youth and Children Affairs Minister Balaam Barugahara Ateenyi claims that opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has homes in London and Boston, and t...
Kireka 14Bn Market Project Cleared As IGG Brings Stakeholders Together
Deputy IGG Anna Muhairwe greets an old man after the Kireka market redevelopment-related meeting at Kira Municipal Council headquarters. Deputy IGG Ann Muhairwe arrives t...
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...
Lira City to relocate street vendors to five markets
Lira City, Uganda: Authorities in Lira City have announced plans to relocate street vendors operating within the central business district to five designated markets in a...
FLASHBACK: When Museveni Cursed Besigye For Attacking Visiting Heads of State for His Kololo 2011 Swearing-In Ceremony
It was a tense May evening in 2011 at State House Entebbe. Just days after his grand swearing-in ceremony at Kololo, Uganda’s long-serving leader, Yoweri Kaguta Museven...
Soroti Fruit Factory posts Shs5.3Bn loss despite management overhaul – Audit
Soroti, Uganda: The Soroti Fruit Factory operates at a loss of Shs5.371 billion for the 2024/2025 Financial Year, deepening its financial troubles despite a recent manage...
Kenyans mourn one of last Mau Mau rebellion leaders
An elderly Mau Mau veteran clutches his walking cane at a press conference announcing a settlement in their legal case for compensation against the British Government, in...
EACOP project sparks ongoing battle over land and justice
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In Arusha, Tanzania, Lubega John Nsamba represented her ailing father, John Mary Nsamba, whose land along the East African Crude Oil P...