Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Hoima is holding 11 suspects in connection with the brutal killing of a Uganda Peoples Defense Forces-UPDF soldier in a bar. The deceased was identified as Joseph Magoola who had been deployed to guard road construction equipment belonging to China Chongqing International …
Read More »CURFEW: Bar owner falls to death while fleeing police
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Sembabule district are investigating an incident in which a prominent bar owner whom they were chasing fell down and died. The police were chasing Didas Mayinja Sseruyange, the proprietor of Mayinja Pub, in Kawanga trading centre, Mabindo sub-county while enforcing the COVID-19 directives …
Read More »Bar installs alarm system on beer glasses to stop thieves
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Beer Wall, a popular bar in Bruges, Belgium, has recently installed alarm sensors on all of its beer glasses as well as a scanner at the entrance, in order to deter patrons from stealing them. All of the roughly 1,600 Belgian beers sold …
Read More »Setting the bar for local wines
By Agnes E. Nantaba Prudence Ukkonika is the founder and executive director of K-Roma Ltd, the producers of Bella Wine. She spoke to Agnes E. Nantaba about her entrepreneurship journey and pertinent issues in the local beverages industry What are the key elements in your management style as a manager? …
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