Nearly two years ago, the holder of Sadolin franchise in East African sold its business to a Japanese paint maker, Kansai Plascon. But for fear of losing market share, Sadolin brand owner – AkzoNobel – based in the Netherland handed over the license to the rival firm Crown Paints to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electricity consumption in Uganda increased by 9.1 per cent in 2018, according to Umeme, the country’s major power service provider. According to Umeme’s financial results for 2018 published Monday, the electricity distributers sold 3,011 Gigawatt hours of electricity from the 2017 out-turn of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has selected a group of 810 officers and non Commissioned officers to command the recently passed out 6,000 Local Defense Unit-LDU personnel. The officers will begin operating immediately the LDU personnel return from a two week’s leave following their pass …
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AIRIS proposes a cautious approach but its conference on integration proves explosive Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | For anyone trying to understand the current spat between erstwhile BFFs Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni, attending a recent conference in Kampala by a new NGO on …
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Tanzania 🇹🇿 3 Uganda 🇺🇬 0 Qualified Uganda 🇺🇬 Kenya 🇰🇪 Burundi 🇧🇮 Tanzania 🇹🇿 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania’s Taifa Stars have qualified for the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) after a convincing 3-0 win over Uganda Cranes in a Group L game qualifying game played in Dar el …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Factfiles of 24 qualifiers for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt between June 21 and July 19: Algeria Qualifying results: Benin 2-0 home 0-1 away, Gambia 1-1 1-1, Togo 1-0 4-1 Scorers: Bounedjah 3, Mahrez 2, Abeid, Attal, Bensebaini, Hanni 1 each Coach: …
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Why Uganda’s economy is dominated by multinational capital and what cannot be done about it THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | We begin from where we stopped last week. Uganda’s growing economy served three critical purposes: It increased government revenues, gave greater confidence to donors to give more …
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The details and implication on border tension Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Letters exchanged by Rwanda President Paul Kagame and his counterpart Yoweri Museveni that might point to how the tension between them possibly escalated have emerged. Most importantly, the contents of the letters shed light on what might …
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MD shown exit as sales and marketing manager faces investigations over misconduct Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Kansai Plascon Uganda Limited has over the last couple of months hosted several senior executives from the parent company, Kansai Paint, based in Osaka, Japan. The executives’ stopover climaxed on Feb. 05 …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of uniformed and plain clothed security personnel have been deployed in Arua town ahead of the victory celebrations organised by Arua Municipality MP Kassiano Wadri. Over 10 police vehicles including anti-riot water, pepper and foam canons arrived in Arua at 5pm today with …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
