How enabling innovation could offer on lessons on how Crystal Pepsi could have been saved COMMENT | KYLE MURRAY | We tend to think that innovation is driven by new discoveries or advances in technology. Yet the problem with new products is often not an engineering challenge, but a psychological …
Read More »COMMENT: Mulira wrong on age-limit Bill
The claim that proposed amendment is unconstitutional is peppered with misrepresentation COMMENT | Stuart Oramire | As an ardent reader of senior counsel and citizen, Peter Mulira’s articles, I keenly read the opinion he authored in the Daily Monitor newspaper of October 17, 2017 titled `Constitution should not be tampered with …
Read More »COMMENT: Promoting local industries
After reversing the deplorable state of the economy, the government needs to support local businesses COMMENT | Martin F. Kyeyune | Manufacturing existed in Africa before the colonial rule. Africa made a wide range of essential goods it consumed, including food (this involved food preservation), shelter (involved the use of timber, …
Read More »Simcard registration dividends
Operators fear strict registration requirement will slow growth of subscribers Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Telecom firms now feel confident in carrying out their business following the conclusion of a mandatory Simcard registration and validation on August 31, 2017, according to Godfrey Mutabazi, the executive director at the Uganda Communications …
Read More »DW Akademie’s media mission
Organisation focuses on training of journalists amidst shrinking media freedoms Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A leafy compound on John Babiiha Avenue in Kololo, Kampala, has become home to a number of German organisations in Uganda, including known ones like KfW under their trademark ‘German Cooperation’ and newer ones like DW …
Read More »Business Partners International boosts SMEs in E. Africa
Vincent Kiyingi is the manager at the Business Partners Internation (BPI) –Uganda. He spoke to the Independent’s Isaac Khisa about financing SMEs in the country. What is your leadership style as a manager? My leadership style is not definite but I use different styles depending on the time and type …
Read More »Army confirms Franco Gashumba arrest
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The army has today paraded Franco Gashumba in front of the press, confirming his arrest and accusing him of impersonating Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs (MODVA) officials with an aim to fleece investors. The army said that Gashumba was arrested on Sunday when he turned …
Read More »Court to rule Nov 7 on Kaweesi murder suspects bail application
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Nakawa Court Grade One magistrate Noah Sajjabi will on November 07, 2017 deliver his ruling on whether to release on bail nine suspects are charged with the murder of former AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi and two others. The nine suspects through their lawyer Ladislous Rwakafuuzi …
Read More »LIVE: Drama as Magyezi appears to defend Age Limit Bill at hearing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MP Raphael Magyezi, who moved the motion in parliament to change Article 102 b in the constitution, Tuesday stormed out of the Parliamentary and Legal Affairs committee after he complained about delaying tactics by the members. The chairperson of the Parliamentary and Legal Affairs committee …
Read More »Mosquitoes aren’t going away
That’s what 115 years of data tells scientists about battle with malaria Kampala, Uganda | BOB SNOW | Professor of Malaria Epidemiology, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford It’s difficult to accurately measure the number of people who get malaria each year. This …
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