By Patrick Kagenda Haji Abasi Kazibwe Musisi processes the Nguvu Coffee brand with an outlet at Natete to the west of Kampala. He tells The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda about the coffee roasting business. What is Nguvu and how did it come about? Nguvu is a brand name of the coffee …
Read More »Govt route in Bunyoro conflict is a dead end
By Ashad Sentongo The apparent route President Yoweri Museveni has taken in Banyoro tribal conflict is a dead end yet the solution may be within his very government that now appears divisive. As quoted in the Daily Monitor newspaper of August 11, 2009, the suggestion by the Minister of State …
Read More »Tanzania Railways workers on strike
By The Independent Reporters Workers of the Tanzania Railways Ltd (TRL) went on a go-slow in Dar es Salaam and upcountry stations last week to protest delays in payment of their salaries, leaving hundreds of upcountry passengers stranded. The go-slow was apparently aimed at pressing the management to pay their …
Read More »Are Bafuruki only in Bunyoro region?
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati & Bob Roberts Katende Claims of marginalisation and dispossession of the indigenous communities have intensified in Bunyoro over the last couple of weeks. As a panacea to the problem of domination of Banyoro indigenes by migrant Bakiga (Bafuruki), President Museveni prescribed what he thought would be …
Read More »31% drop in profits marks bad year for Uganda Breweries Ltd
By Joseph Were Reeling from a 5% drop in year-on-year net profit amid increasing costs and stiffer competition, East African Breweries Ltd who are the makers of the Bell beer brand among others in Uganda, is mooting a price hike. ‘The possibility to put up prices exists too in Uganda …
Read More »Farmers count losses, gains from drought
By Patrick Kagenda Many have known it for sometime but latest figures from the Uganda Bureau of Statics (UBOS) show the full extent of the current nationwide drought on consumer prices. The UBOS, which are based on statistics regarding the general change in prices of pre-selected consumer items in July, …
Read More »Dahabshiil earns international respect
By Patrick Kagenda Money transfer service company Dahabshiil is investing in technologies to provide both 24-hour online transfers, SMS notification to customers, and guarantee security in excess international protocols and procedures aimed at combating terrorism, money laundering and other illegal usage. The Independent’s Patrick Kagenda talked to Ibrahim A. …
Read More »Otunnu will open doors for opposition” Okumu
By Bob Roberts Katende On August 25, Aswa County MP Reagan Okumu presented a list of 200 people he claims were killed by the UPDF in northern Ugandan at the height of the LRA insurgency. Why did he bring it out now? The Independent’s Bob Roberts Katende spoke to him …
Read More »Kagame is a tolerant leader
By Eric Kabera Critics of Rwandan President Paul Kagame – including complimentary ones – unfailingly cite two flaws: that he is illegitimate because he hails from the minority; two, he is intolerant of freedom of expression. The first charge is easily disposed of. Why for example has no one found …
Read More »Cabinet worried about who Otunnu represents
By Independent Reporter Is he simply the Trojan horse of yet unknown forces? The two-week whirlwind tour of the country by recently returned former UN under-secretary general Olara Otunnu is raising political temperatures in the country and worrying the NRM government in spite of the nonchalant attitude it has taken …
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