Municipality hails ‘top up innovation’ as its secret Richard Alituha, the Fort Portal Principal Education Officer has been attending schools’ thanks giving parties one after another ever since the 2016 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results were released on Jan.12. His town of under 55,000 people located in Southwestern Uganda, about …
Read More »The new Suzuki Ignis
A little bit of this and a little bit of that in Suzuki’s little bit of SUV Somewhere between the Kia Soul and the Fiat 500 is a vacant patch of market that Suzuki expects to fill with its new Ignis, essentially reviving in parallel styling cues from the 1970s …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Harold Kaija was born into opposition politics
Harold Kaija is the deputy Secretary general of Uganda’s largest opposition party FDC. He made a failed attempt to be MP for Kampala Central and says the loss taught him a few lessons; including that voters are so ignorant and poor that many politicians take advantage of them. He has …
Read More »Uganda eyes 15% raise in spending to Sh30.2 trillion for 2017/8
Private sector say government proposal to increase domestic borrowing from Shs1.3trillion to Shs1.4 trillion will deny them of cheap financing during the year Uganda has once again released its budget proposal for the next financial year, raising government spending 15% to Shs30.2trillion in the fiscal year from July, with bulk …
Read More »ARTS: Ronex unveils legacy works
His metallic figurines exude a fresh uniqueness Ronex Ahimbisibwe’s artistic enterprise has ensured he becomes a master of technical inventions in art. That and his tenacity as an artist make him stand out. They might also be his legacy. Of the crop of Uganda’s contemporary artists that have been practicing …
Read More »Uganda’s booming automobile dealership business
Gilbert Wavamunno is the sales director of Spear Motors Limited. He spoke to The Independent’s Agnes E Nantaba on the status of the country’s automobile dealership business. What encompasses your management philosophy? Management is all about who is responsible for what in a company. It is very hard for a …
Read More »Hundreds attend last Rwandan king’s funeral
Hundreds of people turned out for the funeral of Rwanda’s last king, Kigeli V, in the country’s former royal capital Nyanza on Jan.15. Kigeli was buried in his homeland after his body was repatriated from Washington on Jan.09. He had been living in exile in the United States since 1992. …
Read More »Rwanda moves to hit tourism target
In July 2014, the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), in a press release titled “Rwanda gears up for surge in tourism demand” announced an $860-million tourism income target by 2017. Even though the jury is still out regarding this then ambitious target, Rwanda’s tourism industry is clearly more boisterous today. It …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Here’s what would happen if LCI elections were held
If held, Local Council One (LCI) elections would be the biggest political event in the country after the Presidential, Parliamentary, and district elections, but it now appears they will not be held any time soon. The question is why? Part of the reason appears obvious. There was no Electoral Commission …
Read More »Inside Museveni’s UPDF reshuffle
Understanding Museveni’s move on Muhoozi, Mbadi, Elwelu, Musanyufu Analysis on President Museveni’s recent UPDF reshuffle has focused on General Katumba Wamala and Maj.General Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s deployments but this might have easily been the biggest shake up of the in recent times, military analysts say. Insiders are calling it an …
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