5 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The board of the regional oil marketer, Kenol Kobil, has approved the proposed takeover of the firm by the French based company, Rubis Energie. The shareholders, however, have until February 18 to accept or decline the offer, according to reports from Kenya’s local …
Read More »PR firm brainchild Burson-Marsteller rebrands
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s public relations firm, brainchild Burson-Marsteller, has rebranded to brainchild BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe), embracing the identity of BCW, one of the world’s largest full-service communications agency and Africa’s largest PR network. The development comes on the back of the 2018 global …
Read More »Chinese, French firms top foreign oil-gas suppliers’ database
What Chinese, French domination of Uganda’s oil and gas supplier database means for Ugandan entrepreneurs Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As pressure to develop key upstream infrastructure picks up with billions of dollars expected to pour into the Ugandan economy starting this year, focus is now turning onto who …
Read More »Telcos to list 30% stake on Uganda stock market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda will expect major telecommunication companies operating in the country to list 30% of their stock on the local bourse under a new policy intended to align operations in the sector with market realities. 256businessnews.com says the target is the two major mobile telephone …
Read More »Power tariffs drop
Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Uganda’s Electricity Regulatory Authority has slightly reduced the electricity tariffs for the first quarter of 2019 compared with preceding quarter but not enough to stimulate industrial growth. The latest consumer tariff schedule shows that domestic consumers will now pay Shs718.9, down from Shs …
Read More »Cholera’s wakeup call
CHOLERA: Why the unexpected outbreak happened Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | Emma Tagobya; the Local Council Chairman of Sembule B Zone of Kabowa Parish, Rubaga Division has been quite busy lately – battling a cholera outbreak in his area. Sembule B Zone is right on the edge of …
Read More »THE WEEK: Sh42 million raised for albinos in annual parliament week
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The annual parliament week ended Friday with the Public Parliament debate on the theme “championing accountability to improve service delivery”. This was the climax of a week-long of activities that started with a fundraising walk aimed at finding funds for construction of a rehabilitation …
Read More »Uganda’s growing public debt
PUBLIC DEBT: Why is it growing? Is it prohibitive, unsustainable? Kampala, Uganda | ANDREW M. MWENDA | On January 10, I watched with increasing depression a debate about Uganda’s national debt on the NBS Frontline show. Although the Minister of State for Finance, David Bahati, made many good arguments …
Read More »The value of loyalty
The value of loyalty: What the story of a simple attendant at a fuel station can help us learn about building successful organisations THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | On Tuesday January 8, 2019 I passed a Total service station in Luzira to load Mobile Money. Because there was …
Read More »THE WEEK: Medical equipment to be assessed for standards
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team from General Electric, an American multinational that deals in among others healthcare equipment arrived in the country on Jan.14 to conduct an assessment of the status of medical equipment in Regional Referral Hospitals, General Hospitals and Health centres. This assessment will facilitate …
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