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By Agnes Asiimwe Two deadly strains of TB are quietly and steadily spreading and will claim more victims if deliberate efforts arent put in place to check the spread. The multi-drug resistant tuberculosis or MDR – TB and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis or XDR TB are both very difficult and very …

By Agnes Asiimwe Dr. Sebbaale Kato is the CEO of Case Medical Centre in Kampala and a senior lecturer in the department of surgery of Makerere University, a pioneer laparoscopic surgeon and gastroenterologist. Kato is also chairman of Uganda Cricket Association, a golfer, and a born-again Christian. What’s your day …

By Agnes Asiimwe Wasula runs Afrigo Band as a business How did you end up in entertainment? I was a fan of the Cranes Band, and Moses Matovu who was the band leader, is a first cousin. When the Cranes collapsed Moses, Sam Tamale, Omar Matta, and I pooled resources …

By Agnes Asiimwe Scientists excited about a very promising trial A powerful new HIV prevention tool may be on the horizon.  Scientists are saying they could be on the verge of ascertaining whether taking anti-retroviral drugs before exposure to HIV could be an effective prevention tool. The Pre-exposure prophalyxis (PrEP) …

By Agnes Asiimwe What are your management guiding principles? I am an entrepreneur, I am not a manager. I manage by hiring managers with better brains than mine. For one to qualify to manage my enterprise, they have to be very good and outstanding, well educated and of integrity. They …

By Agnes Asiimwe What’s your day like? I wake up at 7a.m; I do exercises for one hour in my house and at 9 a.m. I am at work. I have businesses in China so I work on that first because when its 12 noon here its 5 p.m. in …

By Agnes Asiimwe How is your day like? My day starts at 5.30 a.m. with a workout in the gym for two and half hours. Each day is different. There are days I have meetings with customers, on other days I have meetings with staff. I don’t schedule meetings on …

By Agnes Asiimwe What’s your typical business day like? I get up at 6.30 a.m. I go to Uganda Safari Company office and Emin Pasha for meetings and updates. Initially, I ran the business, answered the emails, now I try as much as possible to delegate and the large part …

By Agnes Asiimwe Moses Mapesa started as a game warden in national parks in 1988 and rose to become executive director, Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in 2005. He has received several awards for his wildlife conservation effort, including the Fred Packard International Parks Merit Award and two vocational awards from …

By Agnes Asiimwe Dr William Muhairwe became managing director of National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) in November 1998 and has since turned the formerly rundown organization into an efficient operation providing consultancy services to water utilities on the African continent. How did you transform NWSC into an efficient organisation …