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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Mandela Group of companies through its subsidiary- City Oil in partnership with Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) is sponsoring 30 lucky people to take part in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. The fully paid trip will see the winners enjoy a three day and four …

It might be wiser to reverse and try another way Kampala, Uganda | MOTORING GURU | In our continuing series on driving during the rainy season, we explore the slippery issue of driving on muddy roads and avoiding getting stuck. Driving in the mud skills usually come in handy when you …

National Drug Authority should handle the issue of counterfeit drugs through monitoring systems and the law COMMENT | MICHAEL WOIRA | The Uganda National Drug Authority and the Ministry of Health need to urgently reexamine the systems and processes they use to examine all drugs that are being sold by public …

The study could thwart implementation of BUBU like initiatives Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Local firms that sell more of their products to government entities tend to perform better compared to their counterparts that do not, yet, passing laws that enforce local purchases could be disastrous. This is based on research …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Mr. Martin A. Nsubuga is the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA). He takes up the position with a wealth of experience to ensure that the gains of the past five years are sustained. He is concurrently serving …

Four years later, Youth Livelihood Programmeimplementers assess its impact Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | A business venture by a group of eleven youth in Katebe Village, Kamwenge district is thriving after they got a Shs 7.7 million interest free loan in 2015 from the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP); a …

Museveni’s Rip Van Winkle MPs who sleeping and wake up to vote undermine democracy COMMENT | MWAMBUTSYA NDEBESA | I am sure most readers are familiar with a popular short story about escapist fantasy of a one Rip Van Winkle who instead of facing challenges of his home and solve them, …

Hepatitis B Vaccine: Experts say it is tip of huge trade in fake drugs in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | More Ugandans are infected with Hepatitis B than HIV, the virus which causes the dreaded AIDS. And both infections are spread the same way – through blood and other …

It’s an embarrassment to depend on outsiders Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Africa should start paying its own bills, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has said. The President was on March 15 speaking at the 11th General Assembly of the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) where he held …

Documents leak in Bagyenda, Mutebile fight Kampala, Uganda |HAGGAI MATSIKO | An unprecedented revolt which happened recently at Bank of Uganda against the Governor Tumusiime Mutebile, has led to a spilling of the central bank’s darkest secrets and could potentially damage its reputation and hurt the economy. At its centre …