Tag Archives: services

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | Uganda’s National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U) is planning to establish a central information technology system for sharing government information with the citizens. Leonah Mbonimpa, the corporate communications officer told The Independent on July 3 that procurement process is ongoing and plans are to have the system fully …

By Ian Katusiime Judy Rugasira Kyanda is the Managing Director of Knight Frank Uganda. She spoke to Ian Katusiime about the company’s progress and other issues pertinent to the real estate market. Having been at Knight Frank for nearly two decades, what would you say has been the key to your …

By Peter Nyanzi Poor regulation hampering Uganda’s anti-poverty, corruption fight Recently, two friends on Facebook posted updates which provoked intense debate. One was a scanned copy of a school fees bank slip, which indicated that the parent had paid Shs1.7 million for a Primary Six pupil. The other related to …

By Julius Businge Kalangala Infrastructure Services (KIS) has started construction of the 66km main Bugala Island road as part of the four major projects aimed at opening up the island to major trading centres across the country. The other components under the KIS project include providing ferry transport services, water …

By Obiageli Ezekwesili and Paul Collier Early results from a survey in Africa showed that pupils were taught for only two hours a day World leaders, governments, aid agencies, and NGOs, will converge on the Korean port city of Busan over the coming days to talk about making development aid …

By Andrew M. Mwenda The assumption behind a lot of literature on democracy is that people would care more about their welfare in elections Africa’s poor performance at delivering public goods and services impersonally to anonymous citizens is often attributed to the continent’s democratic deficit. Democratic theory expects that if …