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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Times of visiting banking halls and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) offices to file tax returns could be over as the tax body continues to partner with financial institutions and telecom companies to offer online payment solutions. Stanbic bank, which collects a third of URA’s annual …

Experts say financial institutions to prefer extending short term loans. New accounting standard will make loans, insurance more expensive Kampala, Uganda | ISSAC KHISA | Uganda’s banking and insurance industries are envisaging good times ahead as they embrace the new global accounting standards effective this year. The bad news is that borrowers …

Museveni is the problem, insiders say Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Efforts by an undercover team to study areas of wastage in government departments with a view to make public service delivery leaner, less costly, and more effective fear running into trouble from an unlikely source; President Yoweri Museveni. This …

How the debate on governance in Africa is a toxic combination of high emotion and little knowledge THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | It is fashionable across our continent to condemn governments for poor delivery of public goods and services. This, it is argued, is caused by corruption, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Annual Headline Inflation for January 2018 dropped to 3% from the 3.3% registered in December last year while Core Inflation fell to 2.6% from 3% , according to the latest figures provided by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). This is lower than …

EU gives 100,000 Euros aid to Congolese refugees Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Congolese refugees living in Uganda are set to benefit from aid to the tunes of 100,000 Euros from the European Union. According to a statement by the EU, the money will be available to the International …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s national carrier, Kenya Airways, will unveil non-stop Nairobi-Cape Town flights starting June this year in what appears to be a new wave of expansion. The airline will operate three times a week, every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, using a Boeing B737-800NG aircraft. It …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Japan is known as the most polite nation on Earth, and that extreme politeness extends to all aspects of life, including bathroom etiquette. Many public toilets feature a wall-mounted device that, when pressed, creates a sound that masks that of urination. However, Japanese homeware …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A newly married Chinese couple has been making waves on the internet for their unorthodox match- she is a wealthy 38-year-old mother of one, and he is a 23-year-old whose mother is only a year older than his bride. The woman apparently fell pregnant …

Don’t wear expensive stuff in Rotterdam – unless you can prove you bought it! Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | `Fashion Police’ in the Dutch city of Rotterdam is rolling out a new and highly controversial pilot program aimed at reducing crime. The program will target young men wearing designer …