Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | The cost of taking over Crane Bank continues to skyrocket and could hit way over Shs. 500 Bn, The Independent can exclusively report. The latest revelations indicate that the lawyers, who represented Bank of Uganda in the entire process of taking over Crane Bank …
Read More »Cipla joins stock market
Company’s IPO was the most efficient with less than 5% of advertising and promotional budget compared to previous offers Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Shares of Cipla Quality Chemicals Ltd started trading at the Uganda Securities Exchange on September 17, making it the first drug maker in the region to …
Read More »Pangolins in peril
On the hunt for traffickers of the hard scaled mammal Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Ugandan conservationists are determined to fight back against a poaching assault on the pangolin, a small, long-nosed mammal with large overlapping keratin scales and the focus of a multi-billion dollar illicit business, fuelled by soaring …
Read More »Kampala City without its carnival
East Africa’s entertainment capital will be dull this October Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | “Make a date with East Africa’s biggest street party during the festival weekend from Oct.5-7.” Well, not this year. Kampala city, which carries the moniker of “East Africa’s entertainment capital,” will not be having savoury aromas …
Read More »Revamping NSSF Pension Towers
The project cost goes up 57% to Shs410bn Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will resume the construction of its Pension Towers on Lumumba Avenue in Kampala before the end of this year. The project was halted nearly seven years ago citing influence peddling in the …
Read More »Bobi Wine protests hit Uganda’s tour operators hard
But Govt downplays impact of recent cancellations Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda’s tourism industry has shown signs of recovery over the past three years, but the recent political heat that engulfed Kampala City and pockets of the country following the acrimonious by-election in the northwestern town of Arua has …
Read More »From the China-Africa summit
What Africa and Uganda got from Beijing Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | President Yoweri Museveni was among the 35African heads of state who flew out to Beijing in early September to attend what is fast becoming a Chinese jamboree where easy-looking deals are quickly sealed every three years. The 2018 …
Read More »A photojournalist’s nightmare
Akena relives torture visited on him by Uganda’s military Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | James Akena is a hardened photojournalist. He is also very professional, having worked and trained with the international news agency; Thomson Reuters. But, on Aug.20 in Kampala, images of Akena, kneeling with hands raised as a …
Read More »ARTS: Fighting child abuse
Hope exhibition tackles horror of child ritual murders Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Child trafficking and mutilation is reported in the local press almost daily. This violation of children rights is often condemned, especially by civil society groups. But many people still do not understand what causes child abuse and …
Read More »MP Mbwatekamwa Gaffa; on love for dogs and his unusual name
Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | Gaffa Mbwatekamwa, the Kasambya County Member of Parliament (NRM) has a surprising and uncommon family name. The name; Mbwatekamwa has a long story, he says, as he only acquired it in his high school days. As a child, he was named Luis Gaffa. But …
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