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Performance was dented by routine factory maintenance and spikes in operating costs Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Clay products maker, Uganda Clays Limited, has recorded a Shs722million loss. But company officials say the future is bright. Financial results released on Sep.04 indicate that the loss in question was for …

Joseph Almeida is the managing director for Liberty Life Assurance Uganda Limited. He spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about their business and sector issues. What has been your contribution to Uganda’s economy since 2006? We pay roughly over a billion shillings a year as tax to Uganda Revenue Authority. …

The firms are investing in staff, information technology and standards Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | As Uganda slowly moves towards commercial oil production, companies in the freight and logistics sector are preparing their staff, investing heavily in information technology as well as standards to tap into the multi-billion sector. …

  Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The 2nd Economic Mkutano for which the focus is the role of science, technology and innovation in economic development is scheduled for Sept.12 at Sheraton Kampala Hotel. The Mkutano serves to facilitate open debate in which conclusions enable the organisers to script their …

Stage set for battle with Lukwago Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE AND JULIAN SABIITI | KCCA officials and Kampala district MPs are anxious about whether President Yoweri Museveni will assent to the Kampala Capital City Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that parliament has passed. The anxiety is partly because of the …

They are not only in business to compete and attract customers in their line of business, but are also warming up to compete for Uganda’s Digital Brand of the Year award for 2019 organised by an entity dubbed HiPipo. Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The two leading telecom firms …

Martin A. Nsubuga was confirmed as the Chief Executive Officer for Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) in June 2019. He broadly spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about his plan and emerging issues in Uganda’s pension sector. What is it that you have started off with as substantive CEO? …

SUDHIR CASE: Plan to have BOU pay heavily Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE & ISAAC KHISA | Real estate tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia has won a major case in the High Court in Kampala that could see the Bank of Uganda pay him billions of shillings in costs and compensation for …

Plan to have BOU pay heavily Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE AND ISAAC KHISA | Real estate tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia has won a major case in the High Court in Kampala that could see the Bank of Uganda pay him billions of shillings in costs and compensation for lost business …

Godfrey Mundua is dfcu bank’s head of corporate banking that handles one big segment in the institution called commodity financing. He spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about the opportunities this line of credit is offering. What is commodity structured finance all about? Structured commodity finance is a specialised way …