Business

By Patrick Kagenda On August 18 a Tanzanian cargo vessel MV Azza sunk on Lake Victoria with 200 tones of mineral water, 40 tones of cotton seed cake belonging to Century Bottling Co., the manufacturers of Coca cola. Azza was privately owned but its sinking added to the challenge of …

            By Patrick Kagenda Repair of the government wagon ferry, MV Pamba, is set to start following the lifting of a ban on direct procurement of consultants for the job by the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA). The August lifting of …

By Bob Roberts Katende The private sector won some major concessions at the recent Second Round of the EA negotiations but gloom and pessimism over the planned Common Market reigned. Agreement on the planned free movement of goods, services, capital and persons under a planned Common Market remained elusive despite …