By Alan Ssempebwa How a worker living on US$1.5 per day could hurt the economy A cane cutter at Uganda’s biggest sugar plantation at Kakira in Jinja has to be at work by 6am. One is expected to gather at least 55 bundles of cane, each bundle containing 10 sugar …
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By Alan Ssempebwa Men should be aware that while they accumulate property, women play an important role through their domestic work – Betty Amongi, Apac District Woman MP Are current marriage laws out-dated? There are realities that have changed since we last looked at this legislation so it needs reforming. The …
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By Alan Ssempebwa Can it turn its debt riddled, loss-making enterprise into an easy profit making opportunity? A noticeable omission to Kampala’s landscape has left an awkward gap in the city’s transport system. Having rolled out onto the streets of Kampala in March last year to nullify the effects of …
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By Alan Ssempebwa Ireland leads donors happy about government crackdown on graft Uganda is reaching a crossroads in the way the way it handles corruption. It is either the beginning of the end for corruption with impunity or business as usual within the next few years. The hard-line approach to …
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By Alan Ssempebwa Jakana made the tough choice between sending money home and returning to invest Down a cul-de-sac in Kawempe about 8kms from Kampala’s central business district is the home, factory and office of Dan Jakana, CEO of Jakana Foods. The road is fittingly called Jakana Place Drive. …
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