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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY BOBI Wine Consultations: How People Power plans to dodge police roadblocks THE LAST WORD Kampala grinding to a halt: How NRM politics has made Kampala a dysfunctional city and what cannot be done about …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AGENCIES | After writing, South African Airways has entered bankruptcy protection. As yet, it’s unclear what this means for the long-term future of the airline, but the airline must show appointed financial practitioners it can secure the funds to avoid liquidation according to South African law. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pearl Dairy Farms Limited, the producers of LATO Milk and the initiators of the LATO Help initiative last month brought together its beneficiaries and their parents at a Christmas party held at Lohana Academy in Kampala. The “Lato Help initiative” is  under the company’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has opened the UNBS national food safety laboratory building whose construction started in 2010 when the body acquired land to build its headquarters in Bweyogerere Industrial Park. Ben Manyindo, the UNBS executive director said on Dec.12. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda has awarded scholarships to 10 students, six of whom are female and four are male.This is to enable them pursue the Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (CPA-U) qualification. The beneficiaries are fresh university graduates drawn from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Vivo Energy Uganda’s national customer promotion that will see over 15,000 motorists rewarded with up to Shs600million worth of prizes has started. The promotion that started on Dec.16 will run up to Feb.16 at 105 Shell service stations across the country Dubbed 10 Weeks …

Lessons from Europe | Dr. Eng. Kant Ateenyi Kanyarusoke: M-ASHRAE; M-SASEE | This is Part 2 of Dr. Eng. Kant Ateenyi Kanyarusoke’s four part series titled: ` Can Africa industrialise in its present form? – Lessons from elsewhere’. Here he discusses what he calls “enabling factors for industrialisation”. Wherever the …

There’s more behind that vegan burger than you think | THE INDEPENDENT | If you were to believe newspapers and dietary advice leaflets, you would probably think that doctors and nutritionists are the people guiding us through the thicket of what to believe when it comes to food. But food …

FDI expected to be reached by April 2020 ANALYSIS | LIAM TAYLOR – Africa Business Magazine  | Oil deposits have sat beneath the shores of Lake Albert, in western Uganda, for millions of years. Since its discovery in 2006, plans to extract the oil, estimated at over 1bn recoverable barrels, …

Growth is projected to range between 5.5-6% compared to 6.2% in 2018 Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s economy performed below expectations especially towards the end of the year, according to the latest Bank of Uganda Monitory Policy Report. In addition, an analysis of the different monetary policy reports, …