By Alexander Mackey Okori There was a lot of excitement among locals when Maaru Sub-County was curved from Rengen Sub-County and operationalised on July 1, 2020. The excitement among the locals of the young administrative unit was that its creation and operationalisation…
By Alexander Mackey Okori Customer at mobile money kiosk (Internet Photo) Mobile money users in Kotido District have alarmed over high mobile money withdrawal charges, arguing that the levies disproportionately affect low-income users and discourage the use of digital financial services. They raised this…
By Moses Lokeris and Lazaro Apunyo The Late Cornelius Lorika Kodet-Courtesy Photo Businessmen and entrepreneurs from the Karamoja Sub-region have poured in their tributes and condolence messages as they struggle to come to terms with the death of business mogul, Cornelius Lorika…
SPONSORED CONTENT Pearl Bank Uganda and Stanbic Bank Uganda have integrated their digital wallets, Wendi and FlexiPay, in a partnership aimed at accelerating financial inclusion and digital transformation across the nation. The integration, announced Thursday at a joint news briefing in Kampala,…
By Stanley Ebele Kotido Municipality Town Clerk, Emmanuel Okaja, has stated that the Ministry of Local Government is currently in the process of sourcing a contractor to undertake the construction of the long-awaited Shs23 billion Kotido Main Market. Initially, the construction was…
By Bondry Kilenga The Kotido District Commercial Officer Francis Obita has decried the rate at which PDM beneficiaries are switching to other enterprises as opposed to those that qualified them to be enlisted for the program. Under the PDM program launched in…
By Admin The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has released Shs 18.43 trillion to government institutions for the second quarter of the 2025/26 financial year. This bringings total disbursements to Shs 38.61 trillion accounting for 53.4 percent of the approved…
By Bondry Kilenga In a bid to promote digital literacy, financial inclusion, and hasten loan disbursement, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), has distributed tablets to leaders of Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs) under the Parish Development Model (PDM) in Kotido District…