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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Science Teachers On Government Payroll To Earn Shs8 Million A Month As Uganda Moves To Make Teaching One Of Its Best-Paid Professions
For years, Uganda’s brightest university students have steered away from education degrees, gravitating instead toward medicine, law, and engineering — courses percei...
Masindi council rejects approving political losers to the service commission
Masindi district councillors have rejected the approval of the appointment of two service commission appointees to serve on the service commission desks, citing political...
Ragga Dee Urges Artists to Treat Music as Business Amid Copyright Reforms
Renowned Ugandan musician Daniel Kazibwe, popularly known as Ragga Dee, has called on upcoming artists to approach their craft with a business mindset, emphasising the im...
Using Artistes’ Work Without Paying Royalties Should Be Made A Risky Business, Says Odonga Otto
This bill is a game-changer for our creative industry. It will provide stronger protection for creators, streamline the sector and introduce tougher penalties for piracy...
Eight Years Later, Mulago Specialised Women & Neonatal Hospital Is Already Leaking & Requires UGX1.3bn To Replace The Roof
Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital wants UGX1.3Bn is to replace the leaking roof, just eight years after its construction and commissioning.The hospital was c...
BIG INTERVIEW: Boda-bodas will be reduced in the city under new transport plan - Gen Katumba
'Boda-bodas have provided employment. If tomorrow we decided to remove them, what would happen to the young men who depend on them? Each rider supports several people. So...
DPP, Judiciary Trade Blame Over Stalled Court Martial Files One Year After Landmark Judgement
More than a year after the Supreme Court barred trials of civilians in Uganda’s military courts, hundreds of cases remain unresolved as the Judiciary and DPP trade blam...
Masaka Hospital ambulances grounded due to fuel cuts
Masaka Regional Referral HospitalKampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Masaka Regional Referral Hospital is facing challenges in its ambulance services following cuts i...
Govt Launches 2026 Roads and Bridges Standards
The Ministry of Works and Transport has officially launched the General Specifications for Road and Bridge Works 2026, a landmark framework aimed at guiding the planning...