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By the independent team The opening of the Initial Public Offering on 23rd November 2010 of Rwanda’s largest company Bralirwa Ltd, the beer and sparkling beverages company was a major achievement for the budding Rwanda Stock Exchange. This is the first time a local Rwandan company will be listing on …

By The Independent Team  September 10, 2009 marked the beginning of three dark days of riots in Kampala city and other parts of Buganda and brought back memories of the Buganda Crisis of 1966. Friction which had been simmering between the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Mutebi, the central government and …

By agencies The Hague, November 22, 2010 (AFP) – Democratic Republic of Congo former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba denied charges of war crimes Monday as his trial opened with prosecutors blaming him for his army’s campaign of rapes and killings. Bemba is charged at the world’s top war crimes court …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi New pressure group emerges to oppose Ssuubi When retired Col. Kizza Besigye appeared with two former Buganda Kingdom prime ministers at the launch of the ‘Ssuubi 2011’ pressure group on June 7, most observers concluded that he had put the Buganda block vote in the bag. …

By kabona esiara PricewaterhouseCoopers hired to entice investors for the US $700m project It is common during peak days to find passengers queuing outside the terminal building at Kigali International Airport as they wait to be checked before boarding their flight. The long lines are just one indication that Kigali …

By the independent team Fear of the army loyalty worries voters   Growing cracks in IPC   So far all the eight presidential candidates have restricted themselves on telling Ugandans what their governments would do when voted into power. But the factor of managing the military is coming into play. In …

by patrick karuretwa & stephanie nyombayire The goals of international justice in fragile post-conflict settings are often framed in opposing terms of peace and justice. In some cases, however, it is necessary to step back and ask if either of these objectives is likely to be served by an international …

By Independent Investigations His dealings with Museveni, Mbabazi, ESO America puts pressure on Uganda over tycoon On Friday Nov. 5, the Army Council convened for an unusual meeting. On top on the agenda was the behaviour of civil security agencies especially the Internal Security Organisation (ISO) and the External Security …

By Kabona Esiara A record 5,800 businesses registered in six months Every seat at Rwanda Development Board’s (RDB) registrar general’s office is occupied with people registering and incorporating businesses. Julius Ssekajja of Remera is one investor who registered his businesses between May 28, last year and October 2010. ‘It took …

By kabona esiara  Projects worth Rwf 219 billion registered  The experts are busy. Some are attending to clients trickling at intervals, while others are scrutinizing a pile of documents submitted by people seeking construction permits. These architects, engineers, surveyors and environmentalists who used to be scattered in different parts of …