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By Mubatsi Asinja Habati In a bid to promote responsible consumption of alcohol in the country, Nile Breweries Limited has launched a Live a 3D Life campaign which emphasizes the dont drink and drive rule. Many of the accidents on Uganda’s roads are attributed to drink-driving. Aware of the risks …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati But is it change from home-made to industrial production that has led to recent 20 deaths? On September 4, Minister of Health Stephen Mallinga and Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) announced a ban on the sell of alcohol packed in sachets following the death of …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati But Ugandan exporters dismiss the US trade partnership The 8th forum for the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) held in Nairobi last week attracted a mammoth delegation that comprised the minister of trade, tourism and industry, Kahinda Otafiire, ministry officials and a group from the AGOA …

  By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Tax body ranked most corrupt in East Africa In 2003 President Museveni described the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) as “a den of thieves” because the levels of corruption were alarmingly high. Soon after, the tax body restructured and appeared to have put corruption and incompetence …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Nasser Husain imports used Japanese cars from Japan for his small depot in Bugolobi opposite the defunct Tri Star fabrics factory. Husain says used cars would be affordable if it were not for the high taxes. He says a car that would cost Shs 8 million …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati and Patrick Kagenda Telecoms, government challenged to grab opportunity in fibre optic cable Since the Kenyan government announced the landing of The East African Marine Systems (TEAMS) fibre-optic cable at Mombasa in mid-June, excitement has mounted over the anticipated switch from the more expensive and unreliable …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati In November, 1999, President Museveni ordered the police to arrest homosexuals after it was alleged that two gay men had wedded in a Kampala suburb. Religious leaders welcomed the president’s directive, insisting that homosexuality is not only against the biblical teachings but it goes against African …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Migingo might easily be East Africa’s Bakassi, the only difference being that the stakes are not over huge oil reserves but over fish  in fact declining fish stocks! Uganda and Kenya are once again clashing over ownership of the rocky islands of Migingo in Lake Victoria …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Has Africa been spared the brunt of the global financial crisis, as many believe? Not if experts from the World Bank are to be believed. Addressing African leaders at the 12th African Union summit in Addis Ababa last week, the bank’s president, Robert Zoellick, said: “We …