Tag Archives: Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E. NANTABA | Margaret Nakato Kisitu loves hair, especially natural African hair. And she has turned her passion into one of the leading hair styling businesses in Uganda. Together with her twin sister; Maria Babirye, she runs Afros and Mo, a top beauty parlour in Kampala city. …

Two units set to go live within three months Nairobi, Kenya |ISAAC KHISA | There lies a stretch of land in Isimba village on the Victoria Nile in Kayunga District,  44km downstream of the 250 MW Bujagali Hydroelectric Power Station where dust has never settled. In the past five years, …

UEGCL could play a role in developing crucial new generation infrastructure COMMENT | HARRISON E. MUTIKANGA | In his address to the Nation on September 9, 2018; His Excellency the President stated that we are aiming at generating 17,000MW of electricity in the next 10 years. We at Uganda Electricity Generation …

  Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has re-echoed the need for Ugandans to change their mindset and carry out commercialized agriculture so as to increase their household income and become wealthy. The President was addressing the nation during the 56th Independence Day celebrations held at Kasasa …

Supporters of young politician shouldn’t treat Besigye as worthy of their insults and not important anymore Kampala, Uganda | ABBEY KIBIRIGE SEMUWEMBA | It is a story with all the makings of a blockbuster novel: a brilliant composer/ politician, an attractive woman, and a mystery that has lasted for years …

Twaweza report shows the government needs to rethink how it pulls the poor from poverty Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | President Yoweri Museveni likes to hand out cash. He splashes on anyone lucky enough to cross his path. It could be a person or group in the low income settlements …

  On July 26, 1962, the British House of Lords debated the `Uganda Independence Bill’. A look at the proceeding reveals many issues that troubled the leading politicians of the period. Top on that was list was the place of Buganda in Uganda, which remains to this day. Below is …

Focus on tourism, ICT, horticulture, incentives to create jobs, grow economy Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Tourism, agriculture, Information and Communication Technology, horticulture, transit trade and logistics are key sectors that countries yearning for development should focus on. This was the take away from the just concluded 4th Governor Mutebile’s …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Lake Victoria is the biggest lake in Africa and crossed every day by scores of boats that are often poorly maintained and overloaded, making them vulnerable to poor weather. Here is some background on the vast lake where more than 200 people drowned last month …

SCOVIA: This is my fourth baby; I am lucky this one has survived. My third born died while I was delivering at home. Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators on the Committee on Health on an oversight visit came to the aid of an expectant mother and helped her …