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  Retail chain finalises plans to pay suppliers debts, revamp outlets Finally, there is good news at the outlets of Nakumatt Holdings in Uganda following an announcement by Atul Shah, the group managing director, that it was getting a US$75 million (Approx. Shs282.4 billion) capital injection. Shah said in a …

Other banks say the government needs to urgently pass regulatory framework Stanbic has identified about 1000 agents to deal with as soon as the proposed new agency banking is legalised, according to the Chief Executive Officer of Uganda’s largest bank, Patrick Mweheire. In an interview with The Independent, Mweheire said …

Group supports vulnerable single mothers Emerance Mukasindambiwe, 30, is now a happy woman. For the last 10 months, she and a group of other 20 single mothers have been undergoing intensive training in sewing and tailoring at the Kacyiru-based Irembo Foundation project called ‘Mama Rwanda’. Their aim is to learn …

Two top practitioners speak to The Independent about their fears and dream Andrew S. Kaggwa Imagine a place where you can go for weight management, management of lifestyle diseases, nutritional support, and guidance and counseling on diet. Now on that list add herbal decoctions, distillates, ointments, creams, and lotions. Finally …

The tricks schools use to raise fees As schools across the country opened for the first term of 2017 a few weeks ago, the anger among parents over hiked school fees appears to have hit boiling point. The media was awash with circulars of various schools, especially government schools which …

Report shows that Rwandans were most responsive to either gentle reminders or positive messages underscoring the role of tax in funding public services By Neil Ford Rwanda has piloted a promising project that encourages more people to pay income tax. The venture boosted tax revenues in 2016 by $9m, according …

Rebecca Kaduru is the Executive Director of KadAfrica, a social enterprise based company. She spoke to the Independent’s Agnes E Nantaba about the potential of social enterprises and agri-business in supporting Uganda’s economy. What are the key elements in your management philosophy? Managing a social enterprise is a bit more …

Link to President Museveni unknown birthday and why many Ugandans don’t like that Currently, the government through the Ministry of Public Service is registering and validating data of its pensioners. This census is scheduled to end on Mar.30. It follows a head count of public servants done mid-last year by …

Rwanda is to host an India Innovation Growth Programme for the East African region, according to an agreement signed between the two countries on Feb. 20 in Kigali. Under the agreement, the India-Rwanda Innovation Growth Program is being launched to enable India expand ties in science, technology and innovation between …

  THE LAST WORD: By Andrew M. Mwenda  How politics, not the drought, explains the current famine our country is experiencing According a report by the government of Uganda last week nearly 11 million people in this country do not have enough food to eat. I have concerns with the …