Why you should invest more in financial assets even if many Ugandans tend to favor real assets COMMENT | HASSAN KITENDA | Money has been a pivotal factor for all human activity and the desire to make money has persisted from time immemorial. In today’s world we are given endless …
Read More »UCDA hires expatriates to teach Ugandans how best to consume coffee
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is now hiring coffee and health professionals to sensitise nationals on the benefits of consuming coffee. This is one of the steps being taken to ensure that the country, and especially the farmers earn more from their coffee. Uganda is Africa’s largest coffee …
Read More »‘Need for a paradigm shift to salvage Uganda’s economy
CSOs suggests that the government need to now invest in productive sectors such as manufacturing, trade, health, education and social protection in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Even before the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, Uganda’s economy was already struggling amidst huge investment in the …
Read More »Carabao Cup resumes with London derby, Spurs versus Chelsea
Carabao Cup fixtures Tuesday 29 September 20:45: Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea Wednesday 30 September 18:30: NewportCounty v Newcastle United 20:00: Burnley v Manchester City 20:45: Brighton & Hove Albion v Manchester United 20:45: Everton v West Ham United Thursday 1 October 18:30: Brentford v Fulham 20:00: Aston Villa v Stoke …
Read More »Turning your Covid-19 innovations into viable businesses
COMMENT | Michael Jjingo | Certainly, the best innovations are created in response to specific, urgent, and significant problems, with a long-term focus. In some ways, the Covid-19 crisis has made our most urgent problems and their potential solutions more obvious. For example, health care providers needed masks; some …
Read More »2021-26 manifestos
The need for aggressiveness in Science, Engineering and Technology development NEW ANALYSIS | PROF. Dr. Eng. KANT ATEENYI KANYARUSOKE, M-ASHRAE, M-SASEE | Different political parties are in advanced stages of writing up their manifestos for next year’s elections. The NRM for example, set up the Prof. Kamuntu committee to draft a …
Read More »NSSF: It is double digit, 10.7% interest despite COVID-19
✳ Year – Interest 2012 ✅10.00% 2013 ✅11.23% 2014 ✅11.50% 2015 ✅13.00% 2016 ✅12.30% 2017 ✅11.23% 2018 ✅ 15% 2019 ✅ 11% 2020 ✅ 10.75% Members to earn Sh1.14 trillion on their accounts Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has today declared an unexpected double …
Read More »Mao wins again in DP
But what is a party without its faithful? Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | What would the Democratic Party (DP) National Delegates Conference held in Gulu on Sept. 19-20 have been like if its powerful members; those who oppose party president Norbert Mao, had attended? It’s an interesting question but …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Moses Kibalama
The political party merchant Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | When I spoke to some members of the National Unity Platform (NUP) of Robert Ssentamu Kyagulangyi aka Bobi Wine about Moses Nkonge Kibalama; the man at the centre of the political storm hitting their party, one of them gave …
Read More »Bobi Wine!
Bobi Wine: Will he or not be allowed to challenge Museveni? COVER STORY | The Independent Team | Even as nomination of candidates for various positions in the 2021 general election enters full gear, opposition activity is strangely quiet. By this stage in the last election of 2016, the headlines were full …
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