IN THE INDEPENDENT: Mutebile versus Kasekende

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Here are the top stories and analysis on Uganda and Africa in this week’s The Independent.

COVER STORY
Mutebile versus Kasekende: Details of Museveni meeting

THE LAST WORD
On Museveni’s Umeme missive: Why the president is misinformed about electricity distribution market and tariffs

ANALYSIS
BOU: Blow-by-blow account of fight wrecking central Bank

DIPLOMACY
Kagame’s Kampala visit: Meeting raises hope for improved relations between Kampala and Kigali.

NATIONAL NEWS
Saving water and environment: Directorate of Water Resources hosts first Water and Environment week.

BUSINESS
Africa’s ambitious trade treaty: Beyond the clapping and ululation in Kigali, can the ACFTA be implemented?

ECONOMY
Uganda’s economy on a slow recovery path: But the public debt has increased by 9.4% to hit Shs 37.9trillion.

FINANCE
Islamic micro-finance gains momentum

BANKING
How Standard Chartered Bank has benefited EA economies: It has lent out US$3.4bn and employed 2500 permanent staff

LAW
Banks to embrace mediation: The initiative is to settle disputes cheaply, quickly and fairly

ARTS
Music lessons improve academic performance: Cognitive skills developed from music lessons appear to transfer to unrelated subjects, leading to improved academic performance

HEALTH
Low resting heart rate is good: So how do you lower yours?

ART
Romanticism on Mugalu’s canvas: Serenityscapes as metaphor for self-freedom

MOTORING
New Volkswagen Touareg: China chosen as launch site of Volkswagen’s new ‘premium’ flagship

FRANKLY SPEAKING
Bina Babie on not dating for four years: Bina Babie real names Robina Mbabazi Mulera is a radio presenter on Dembe FM. She has presented the mid-morning show, `Mubeezi’ for the last 16 years and she says looks forward to continue doing it. She says it all about her attachment to her fans and listeners. In 2016, she was awarded in the RTV awards as the ‘Face of Radio’. This is one of her most outstanding achievements in her media journey.