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Paul Bwiso is the chief executive officer of Uganda Securities Exchange. He spoke to The Independent’s ISAAC KHISA. How has been the performance of stock market in the past eight months ending August compared with the same period in 2016? We are down by about 50% to Shs69bn as turnover …

Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, also ranked Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda has re-entered the Top 10 list after having just missed it the past two years, according to Rand Merchant Bank’s latest `Where to Invest in Africa report for 2018’, released on Sept.18. The theme for `Where to Invest in …

Experts blame it on bad economy, call for quick fixes Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | On Sept. 07 Bank of Uganda (BoU) released a delayed annual supervision report for the financial sector for the year ended December 2016. The reasons that delayed the report that normally comes out in …

  Inside the AkzoNobel, Kansai Plascon tussles to control top paint brand name Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Dutch paints and Coatings Company AkzoNobel Coatings International BV which owns Sadolin brand name in Uganda is locked in a battle for market control with Kansai Plascon of Japan. The case …

  Why many Ugandans are addressing the wrong issue in the debate on lifting age limits THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week the NRM caucus did the expected and recommended the removal of age limits on the presidency so that President Yoweri Museveni can rule for …

THIS WEEK: Clergy call for a referendum on age limit Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |The clerics have called for a referendum on age limit. Speaking to journalists on Sept.18, the clerics – Uganda Muslim Supreme Council’s Mufti Shaban Mubajje , Rev. Stanley Ntagali of the church of Uganda, Arch. …

THIS WEEK: Justice Okalany wins prosecutor of the year award Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |High Court Judge Susan Okalany was on Sept.14 awarded an international accolade as the prosecutor of the year during an awards dinner organized by the International Association of Prosecutors (IAP) in Beijing China. Okalany who …

THIS WEEK: Anti – age limit MPs summoned for interrogation Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |After an NRM legislators’ meeting organized by Kassanda South representative Simeo Nsubuga proposed the tabling of a private members’ bill to amend article 102 (b) of the constitution which puts presidential age limit at 75 …

THIS WEEK: Museveni woos Qatar investors Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda is fast becoming a middle-income country with vast investment opportunities in agro-processing, industrialization and the service based sector. “Uganda is moving towards becoming a fast world country based on four sectors; commercial agriculture, …

THIS WEEK: Ugandans in diaspora to be registered Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |Speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has revealed that starting next year Ugandans in Washington, Nordic Countries and United Kingdom will start being registered for dual citizenship. Speaking during the Uganda – UK Convention held in London on …