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Majority of his close friends are female, most of his clients want women-themed works, and most of the people who collect his works, locally and internationally, are women. How then can one possibly be wrong to conclude that renowned Uganda acrylic painter Yusuf Ssali is the ultimate `ladies’ man’ – …

  Vanessa Atim is the managing director of ProInterns, a company that is working to solve Uganda’s unemployment challenge through skill development.  She spoke to The Independent’s Agnes E Nantaba on matters concerning unemployment in the country. What encompasses your management philosophy? I am a very ambitious and hardworking manager …

Uganda has been described as one of the countless examples of governments leading society and acting decisively in building a better life for current and future generations despite challenges. The African Union singled out its campaigns to end child marriages, give the other half of the population the opportunity to …

The Independent reflects on his journey to being Africa’s best footballer Denis Masinde Onyango was on Jan.5 crowned the Confederation of African Football (CAF) African Player of the Year – Based in Africa. Uganda’s talismanic shot-stopper made history as the first goalkeeper ever to win CAF’s topmost honour; a prestigious …

The Kaduru’s grow passion fruits in Fort Portal as a business and as means to boost women and girls incomes Rebecca Kaduru and her husband grows passion fruits on their farm in Fort Portal as a business and as means to boost women and girls incomes. Rebecca Kaduru thought she …

Lagarde is visiting when the government is desperate for new money but in no mood to listen. Usually that means no deal but possibly not when the IMF and Museveni need each othe. Meetings between teams from IMF and planners of Uganda’s economy, especially President Yoweri Museveni, have historically involved …

OPINION: Why it was morally right to reward public officials for winning Shs1.6 trillion worth of government revenues By Andrew M. Mwenda “It is not easy to stand apart from mass hysteria, to argue against something that everyone, especially the most respected political leaders, academics, and experts are saying and …

What ISO boss Balya’s fall, Kayihura’s rise mean President Yoweri Museveni’s replacement of Brig. Ronnie Balya as the Director General Internal Security Organisation (ISO) is being seen as an extension of the intelligence leadership shakeup that started in June 2015. Insiders are divided on what is informing the changes with …

On Jan.22 every year the French and German people commemorate the signing of the Franco-German friendship treaty which was aimed at establishing a relationship of trust between former hereditary enemies. Commemorating 54 years this year, In Uganda ambassadors Stephanie Rivoal of France and Peter Blomeyer of German hosted a peace …

In continued efforts to implement the Tobacco Control Act passed in 2015, police over the weekend carried out a raid on various bars around Kampala confiscating Shisha pots and pipes. The police who arrested over 30 smokers said that mass sensitization about the law had been done but people were …