By Joan Akello and Agnes E. Nantaba Dr. Tom Mutyabule, Chief Executive Officer of Pan Dental Surgery talked to Agnes E. Nantaba and Joan Akello about dentistry Any three things we don’t know about you? I think I am simple, kind and dedicated to my work and children. I intend …
Read More »Akena wins UPC presidency primaries
By Patrick Kagenda Son of founding father promises to return party to `sound footing’ Two weeks after he was allowed to contest for the party presidency, Jimmy Akena appears set to follow in the footsteps of his father, UPC founding father and two time former Uganda president; the late Milton …
Read More »Secrets of Kasese’s river of death
By Ronald Musoke “Whenever it shines a lot, usually it is an indication that someone will drown in the river,” says Janet Kyakimwa. The 35 year old woman knows a thing about River Nyamwamba in western Uganda on the edges of the Rwenzori Mountains. READ ON…. Secret of Kasese’s …
Read More »State of the Nation Address 2015
FULL text of the State of the Nation Address by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni June 4, 2015 Uganda State of the Nation Address 2015 by The Independent Magazine Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Setting the pace with mobile banking
By the Independent Team Bank of Africa (BOA) Uganda netted a net profit of Shs 1.2 billion as at end of 2014, up from a loss of Shs 6.7 billion in 2013. Ronald Marambi, the managing director, spoke to The Independent about their tremendous return to profitability, the market conditions, …
Read More »Dickson Mushabe, Web hosting
By Joan Akello After completing university, Mushabe, 34, ventured into web hosting as a reseller and started Hostalite Ltd with one client who paid Shs 120,000. He says he started web hosting because of the desire to have repetitive income because clients must renew their domains annually. After one year, …
Read More »When schools get bigger
By Agnes E. Nantaba Owners face tough choice on whether to expand at same location or start new campuses School administrators in Uganda; be they private owners or the government, are starting to confront a problem they have avoided for some time; the need for more classrooms. Since the introduction …
Read More »Teachers’ pay
By Flavia Nassaka Why the government prefers to pay them little On May 21, 138 chairpersons of the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) countrywide entered the offices of Prime Minister, RuhakanaRugunda in Kampala for a meeting.He had invited them to explain why, despite government’s commitment, it had failed to include …
Read More »Martyrs Day 2015
By Agnes E. Nantaba Why should the martyrs be honoured this way? The scene is scary. The 23 men and boys, tied up with ropes, are being burned in a flaming bonfire of wood and reeds. The fire has already scorched the hair off their heads and the oily skulls …
Read More »Museveni, theory and practice
By Ian Ortega To love the President, we must close one eye to his failures and open both to his achievements Every person has a utopia that they create in their minds. Deep in their minds though, it doesn’t seem one, it seems achievable. Yet, when the winds of reality …
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