Financial expert concerned with 70% investment in government securities Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s pension sector is continuing to grow with the latest figures indicating that assets – a major indicator of growth – have increased from Shs5.2trillion in 2014 to Shs10.04trillion in 2017. This represents 93% growth. This …
Read More »Banks demand quick reforms in insurance, ICT
Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE |Â Commercial banks under their umbrella organization, Uganda Bankers Association (UBA) are demanding reforms from government in key sectors of agriculture, information technology; insurance and debt repayment to enable them thrive in tough economic times. Patrick Mweheire, the chairperson of UBA and the Chief Executive, Stanbic …
Read More »Our nation’s next disaster
How the re-launch of Uganda Airlines is most likely going to bring our country to tears – unless THE LAST WORD | ANDREW MWENDA | The decision by Uganda government to re-establish a state-run airline is a strategic blunder. More than two decades ago, Uganda took a strategic decision to …
Read More »Saleh’s hand in Sudhir BoU fight revealed
Links with recent uproar over Bagyenda, dfcu Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO |Â Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho aka Salim Saleh is urgently seeking to sort out the Crane Bank, BoU, and dfcu Bank saga, The Independent has learnt. Sources close to the General who is the de facto Number Two in his …
Read More »Kaweesi murder investigations
Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO |Â Since the military arrested the former Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura, they have sought to pin him for the murder of former Assistant Inspector General of Police, Andrew Felix Kaweesi. The Independent has learnt that the team actively investigating Kayihura on alleged connection …
Read More »More French companies coming
Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Stephanie Rivoal, the French Ambassador to Uganda spoke to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke on the relevance of this year’s Bastille Day theme and the current Uganda-France relations This year marks the 229th anniversary of Bastille Day and you are celebrating it under the theme: “1968: …
Read More »Uganda’s water challenge
Why Ugandans are struggling finding water yet water is everywhere Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE |Â Ugandans might be blessed with many lakes, rivers and streams on top of being one of only 13 countries in the world able to receive rainfall for at least eight months every year but a …
Read More »COMMENT: The power of empowering refugees
An experiment in refugee education from Kyangwali in Uganda, shows the way to self-sufficiency COMMENT | JOSEPH MUNYAMBANZA | In a small community on the equator, children from diverse backgrounds attend classes in one of the region’s top primary schools. The school has a brass band, a farm, an artists’ collective, …
Read More »Uganda denies reports that it’s a sleeping giant in COMESA
COMESA: Uganda faulted for delaying to formulate competition law to facilitate fair trade  Nairobi, Kenya | JULIUS BUSINGE | One of the key objectives of competition policy is to promote consumer welfare by encouraging healthy competition among businesses in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. This is through …
Read More »COMMENT: Bright future for transport sector
UNRA’s expressways, flyover projects, and more will lead to reduction in traffic congestion in the city COMMENT | AHMED AYUB | On many fronts in the recent past, we have seen the artistic impressions of various projects and most astounding of all the beautiful impressions that the Uganda National Roads Authority …
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