Life when you cannot use a computer, smart phone, ATM Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Beatrice Guzu, the executive secretary of the National Council for Disability has been visually impaired (blind) all her life. She says throughout her student life, she experienced hardships that only blind students face. …
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Do we make New Year’s resolutions just to ignore them? Are they merely promises doomed to fail? In this feature, we ask whether, statistically speaking, these resolutions work, and what increases the chances of success. Here is how to possibly make a success of them this year. | THE INDEPENDENT …
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What needs to be done to cut it | CLEMENT PRINCE ADDO | All over the world, the internet has provided extraordinary socioeconomic opportunities to businesses, governments, and individuals. But less developed countries still face numerous obstacles to maximise its potential. The problems range from obsolete infrastructure, the non-availability, …
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Isimba and Karuma power stations are expected to boost its earnings Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Officials at Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) are hoping to record improved performance after posting the first net profit in 18 years. The company reported at the end of last year that …
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But 2021 general election might affect pace of growth Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA AND PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Companies, businesses and ordinary folks are cautiously optimistic that 2020 will be a better year though projections point to a rough business terrain owed to the much anticipated competitive 2021 election campaigns. …
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Its managers must not focus on 2020 but on long term solutions, expert says Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s economy is projected to remain subdued in 2020, signaling another challenging economic environment ahead. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the governor Bank of Uganda revealed that 2019’s projected growth of 5.5-6.0% is …
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Case of Africa’s troubled richest woman casts new light ANALYSIS | THE INDEPENDENT | When the former long-serving leader of Zimbabwe, Robert Gabriel Mugabe died on September 06, 2019, attention almost immediately turned to the wealth he is alleged to have looted while in office and those likely to benefit …
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Uganda ranked among worst performers as progress stalls on continent | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has been ranked among the four countries with the lowest electricity connections in Africa which is the darkest continent in the world. According to an analysis by Carolyn Logan, the Deputy Director of the research …
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How NRM politics have made Kampala a dysfunctional city and what cannot be done about it THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | As we enter 2020, Kampala has become a dysfunctional city. The heavy rains of 2019 have left most of the roads in a horrible state …
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How People Power plans to dodge police roadblocks Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | After the police’s pouncing on People Power leader Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine at the start of his countrywide consultations on Jan. 6, his supporters tell The Independent that they are devising new ways to …
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