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THIS WEEK: Businessman Abid Alam under investigation Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lead counsel of the commission of inquiry into land matters Ebert Byenkya has revealed that Businessman Abid Alam is being investigated over alleged murder and forceful eviction of people from land in Mubende district which is home …

THIS WEEK: Sudan’s Bashir on official visit to Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sudan’s President Omar el- Bashir arrived in Uganda on Nov.12 for a three day state visit to his counterpart President Yoweri Museveni. Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over charges of genocide …

THIS WEEK: Deceased Ruhaama MP’s brother to vie for seat Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Nov.10, Johnson Rumanywa Zinkuratiire, brother to deceased William Beijukye Zinkuratiire, Ruhaama county Member of parliament announced that he will be competing in a by-election meant to fill the vacuum. Referring to this as a …

THIS WEEK: City councilors to be trained in Kyankwanzi Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Before being postponed to a later date, 218 of the 280 councilors in Kampala district had confirmed that they would attend a 7 day training that was to start on Nov.13 at the leadership institute in …

THIS WEEK: Chief Justice condemns re-arrest of suspects after bail Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | During a judicial officers meeting on Nov.09, the Chief Justice of Uganda Bart Katureebe condemned the move by security agencies to re-arrest suspects after being granted bail by magistrates. Katureebe who said people ought to …

THIS WEEK: Father Kibuuka ordained bishop of Orthodox Church Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A move that angered clerics in the Catholic Church, Father Jacinto Kibuuka was on Nov.12 ordained as the first bishop of the antiochian central and Eastern Orthodox Church at his MAMRE International Prayer Centre in Namugongo. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent COVER STORY Strikes: Why workers pick weapons of last resort. THE LAST WORD A frank memo to the opposition: Stop sloganeering over peripheral issues called “governance” and think about strategic challenges. EAST AFRICA Behind Magufuli, Museveni …

Kampala, Uganda | AGNES. E. NANTABA | What could get a young electrical engineer in the top rungs of an international oil and gas corporation to quit and instead venture into her private start-up with an unclear future? For Maxima Nsimenta, founder and CEO of Livara Natural and Organic Cosmetics, it was …

Bold designs, technology rule the high rises Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A pair of 30-metre spiraling ramps provide access to the multi-functional car park in Amsterdam. RAI Amsterdam’s car park is the most recent in a spate of boldly designed car parks. Others include a Belgian hospital car park …

Planning buzzwords like `smart cities’mean little if the theories behind them benefit only a few COMMENT| CHRISTINE AUCLAIR & MAHMOUD AL BURAI | Cities, the American-Canadian author Jane Jacobs once observed, are engines for national prosperity and economic growth. But in their current form, modern cities are also catalysts of inequality and environmental …