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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent
COVER STORY
Saleh proposal on ministries will fail: Museveni is the problem, insiders say.
THE LAST WORD
Fashionable nonsense: How the debate on governance in Africa is a toxic combination of high emotion and little knowledge.
OIL
‘Uganda’s oil sector is on the right track’: Susan Eckey is Norway’s ambassador to Uganda. She spoke to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke on the growing bilateral relations between the two countries.
BUSINESS
Sembuya’s chocolate dreams: Young entrepreneur exploits well-kept secret.
FINANCE
Africa’s new man at IMF: Top job for South African Lesetja Kganyago gives African countries sway.
RWANDA
The pride of liberators: 3 Rwandan war heroes give moving testimonies on 24th Heroes Day.
NEWS ANALYSIS
State-owned enterprises saddled with losses: Uganda’s state-owned enterprises seem to be bleeding. The latest Auditor General’s report shows that five out of the 29 state owned enteprises recorded losses in the recent two consecutive years.
FINANCE
New accounting standard to make loans, insurance more expensive: Experts say financial institutions to prefer extending short term loans.
BUSINESS
Synergy Partners offer opportunities for affordable housing.
HEALTH
New cancer machine restores patients’ hope: Agnes Atiang was in line for a breast operation at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala when we spoke. Her story should have been one of double tragedy. Instead, it was one of hope.
SOCIETY
Male circumcision: Could it lead to a bad sex life?
ARTS
Cultural integration through art: East African biennale Kampala focuses on commonality.
MUSIC
Remembering Hugh Masekela: The horn player with a shrewd ear for music of the day.
ARTS
Mowzey Radio off air (January 25, 1985 – February 1, 2018): What happens when an artiste dies is a question often asked when a creative dies. Unlike many people, artistes are expected to have obvious legacies because works of art never die. This can be said of Radio, singer and songwriter who passed on at 33.
MOTORING
Top Peugeot designer dies: Gérard Welter modeled cars like the Peugeot 604, 304, and 406
