In this week’s The Independent COVER Next five years of Museveni: Who will be in the government? What will it do? NEWS ANALYSIS Kadaga: symbol of failed gender empowerment? COMMENT Kanyeihamba on why the NRM betrays the people HEALTH Cost of yellow fever vaccine BUSINESS Regional Trade uplift Share on: …
Read More »Why Ugandan banks are struggling to make a profit
Analysts urge government on business environment as written off non-performing loans erode bank profits In 2015, Standard Chartered Bank, Uganda’s second-largest bank by assets, saw its profits decline by 75% compared to the previous year. The year was even worse for Crane Bank, the second biggest indigenous bank and the …
Read More »Banking industry blues
Analysts urge government on business environment as written off non-performing loans erode bank profits In 2015, Standard Chartered Bank, Uganda’s second-largest bank by assets, saw its profits decline by 75% compared to the previous year. The year was even worse for Crane Bank, the second biggest indigenous bank and the …
Read More »How Museveni has Created Another Museveni Out of Besigye
OPINION: Whether knowingly or unknowingly; fortunately or unfortunately, President Museveni has perfectly cloned himself. It is an evolutionary process that has lasted 15 years. The sad fact of the story is Museveni doesn’t recognize a Museveni in Besigye neither does Besigye realize that he’s evolved into a Museveni. The more …
Read More »A frank memo to Winnie Byanyima
Stop faking …. you supported and defended a government that banned all activities of political parties THE LAST WORD by Andrew Mwenda Last week, Oxfam Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, accused me of losing my soul by “supporting dictatorship” and “defending gross human rights abuses”. This was after she said police …
Read More »OUT PATIENTS: Mulago hospital closes, shifts to Kiruddu
Starting Monday, most of Mulago’s out-patient clinics will move to the newly built Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Kiruddu hospital in Makindye. This, according to the hospital’s Public Relations Officer Enock Kusasira, is to enable faster renovation of Mulago’s out-patients clinics. “We inform stakeholders and the general public that our …
Read More »Chemutai third female athlete to qualify for Rio Olympics
Peruth Chemutai clocked a personal best time of 9:31.34 in the 3000 Metres Steeplechase at the Shanghai IAAF Diamond League race today to qualify for the Rio Olympics. Chemutai finished 10th in the sixth fastest women’s steeplechase race of all time, becoming just the third Ugandan woman to qualify …
Read More »PICTORIAL: Uganda Armed Forces post-election thanksgiving
PICTORIAL: The armed forces have today held a “Thanksgiving” ceremony for maintaining peace and security before during and after elections. President Yoweri Museveni, who is also Commander In Chief, was chief guest. Ugandan musicians, under the “Tubonga Nawe” tag, entertained the various forces after a march past in which different …
Read More »Simba hurt Vipers title chances
Vipers SC 0 Simba 0 KCCA will be crowned Azam Uganda Premier League (UPL) champions if they beat Express, one of their remaining two matches, on May 24. This comes after closest challengers, Vipers, were held to a goalless draw by relegation favourites, Simba, at Buikwe on Friday. The result …
Read More »Besigye charged with treason, detained in Moroto
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was charged with treason Friday at a court in the north-eastern Karamoja region where he was taken after his latest arrest, his lawyers said. Besigye has disputed President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in February’s election and has been under house arrest …
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