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Experts react to Museveni strategy Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Respond to fire with fire. That appears to be the strategy behind President Yoweri Museveni’s recent restructuring of the police force and deployment of military generals to head four of its 19 directorates. According to security experts, however, more …

A perfect excuse to revisit originality | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Damien Hirst’s name spells real money in the global art fraternity. A recent report listed him among the 1000 richest people in the UK with a net worth of about US$300 million. His art commands high prices though he has …

Children have a right to meaningful education and not a right of simply walking through the system COMMENT | M. G. Katusabe – Ssemwezi  | The New Vision paper of May 31 quoted the World Bank’s (WB) 13th Edition of the Uganda Economic update report, recommending to the Uganda Government …

Santosh Gumte is the Managing Director for paint maker, Plascon Uganda Limited. He spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about the company’s business and related sector issues What opportunities have you outlined in the new budget whose implementation began on July 01? It is a good budget. It is a …

UTB says offers are good but the process must be transparent Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s tour operators are requesting government to offer them more tax incentives to boost investment in the sector even as trade experts say the move denies the economy of huge sums of money. …

Africans quiet as the EU builds an invisible but vicious wall of torture, slavery and blood in the deserts of North Africa | Hussein Lumumba Amin | Many African refugees, including women and toddlers, drowned recently after their boat capsized in the vast Mediterranean Sea. They were attempting to migrate …

And lessons on what it takes to help small firms thrive | Oluseye Jegede | Nigeria’s Otigba Computer Village is arguably the biggest information, communications technology (ICT) market in Africa. It started off as a one-man business on a street called “Otigba” in Ikeja, the capital of Lagos State. Within …

3-D mammograms are popular, but are they better than 2-D?  In recent years, women getting a mammogram have had a new decision to make: 2-D or 3-D? Some breast-care centers have touted the newer 3-D mammography technology as more accurate. But while initial research suggests that it may be a …

Is it targeting the wrong people? Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Falling ill and having to visit a healthcare facility is a frightening experience for most people. Feeling anxious, uncertain and maybe even helpless is common even among people living in countries with highly developed care. In Uganda, a …

Why the new development could be bad news for the US, Europe and India Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | As Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, hosts more than 50 African presidents for the first-ever Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi on Oct. 24, top on the agenda will be how to sustain …