IN THE INDEPENDENT: Should govt take over UMEME’s role?

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT

COVER STORY
Should government takeover UMEME job?: Karuma, Isimba power raises new questions.

THE LAST WORD
Reconsidering governance in Africa: Why our obsession with copying and pasting western institutions causes more harm than good.

BANKING
Will Uganda’s bank for cooperatives be a reality?: Cooperative banks worldwide were financed by cooperatives societies.

NEWS ANALYSIS
NRM’s big numbers: Ruling party’s unrivalled growth scrutinized as it marks 32 years in power.

POLITICS
Testing NRM’s promises: After 32 years in power, has party lost its ideology?

GOVERNMENT
Auditor General lists weak government departments: Political will to do things is zero, says civil society.

NATIONAL NEWS
Museveni and the death penalty: President says it’s his way of dealing with the rampant killings happening in the country.

MOTORING
Volkswagen in Rwanda: German carmaker eyes nation’s e-mobility.

RWANDA
‘We demand explanations about illegal and unjust arrests of Rwandans in Uganda’: Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Frank Mugambage is Rwanda’s ambassador to Uganda. He spoke to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke on a range of bilateral issues between Rwanda and Uganda.

FINANCE
Failing access to agriculture funding.

TOURISM
Deiplaces boosts tourism marketing.

RESEARCH
Why is it so difficult for scientists to discover new drugs?: Over-reliance on and misuse of antibiotics has led to warnings of a future without effective medicines.

HEALTH
Onion could help fight TB antibiotic resistance: A type of onion called the Persian Shallot could help the fight against antibiotic resistance in cases of tuberculosis, a study has suggested.

ART
Big is big: Art Safari finally comes to Kampala.

MOTORING
6 coolest gadgets for your ride in 2018

FRANKLY SPEAKING
Dennis Katongole’s passion for radio and TV: Dennis Katongole alias Omutongole Mubatongole has for over a decade been a popular name on most local radio and TV stations; especially Radio Simba, Beat FM, Bukedde TV and radio, Record and Delta TV in Kampala.