By Agnes E. Nantaba Jeanne Byamugisha is the Executive Director of Uganda Hotel Owners Association (UHOA). She spoke to Agnes E. Nantaba about classification of Ugandan hotels and the prospects of the industry. What are the key trends in Uganda’s hotel industry today? The rate of growth of the industry …
Read More »Rethinking the Youth Fund
By Agnes E. Nantaba After EPRC report says it failed to create jobs, Labour ministry is reloading it Mondo Kyateka, the Assistant Commissioner for Youths and Children Affairs in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, is in the middle of an important assignment. His ministry is currently engaged …
Read More »Africa can be redeemed by its people
By Agnes E. Nantaba Elly Twineyo Kamugisha is the Executive Director of Uganda Exports Promotion Board (UEPB). He spoke to Agnes E. Nantaba about private sector led development and the economy. Any three things we don’t know about you? I love Uganda; I have always told people around me to …
Read More »I spend 95% of my time smiling
By Agnes E. Nantaba Renowned Uganda comedian Patrick Idringi ‘Salvador’ talked to Agnes E. Nantaba. Any three things we don’t know about you? I bite my nails and am addicted to it because I think a lot and when am very nervous, it helps me. I am also very emotional …
Read More »Fighting money laundering in all its forms
By Agnes E. Nantaba Sydney Asubo is the in-coming executive director of the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), which was set up under the Anti- Money Laundering Act. He spoke to Agnes E. Nantaba about their mandate and the vice of money laundering in Uganda. What are the key elements of …
Read More »My father had 55 children
By Agnes E. Nantaba Dr. Asuman Lukwago, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of health talked to Agnes E. Nantaba about his love for a revived health sector Any three things we don’t know about you? I hail from a polygamous family where my father had 55 children and 175 …
Read More »Janet’s last term
By Agnes E. Nantaba Inside the political legacy of the First Lady With her arresting profile, large warm eyes, bright white teeth and jet-black hair, Janet Museveni in 1986 came across as an engaging first lady. She was young; just 37-years old and her husband, President Yoweri Museveni, had just …
Read More »If something makes you giggle, laugh, or smile, buy or marry it
By Joan Akello and Agnes E. Nantaba Dr. Tom Mutyabule, Chief Executive Officer of Pan Dental Surgery talked to Agnes E. Nantaba and Joan Akello about dentistry Any three things we don’t know about you? I think I am simple, kind and dedicated to my work and children. I intend …
Read More »When schools get bigger
By Agnes E. Nantaba Owners face tough choice on whether to expand at same location or start new campuses School administrators in Uganda; be they private owners or the government, are starting to confront a problem they have avoided for some time; the need for more classrooms. Since the introduction …
Read More »Martyrs Day 2015
By Agnes E. Nantaba Why should the martyrs be honoured this way? The scene is scary. The 23 men and boys, tied up with ropes, are being burned in a flaming bonfire of wood and reeds. The fire has already scorched the hair off their heads and the oily skulls …
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