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By Agencies After the historic and heart-breaking 7-1 loss Germany handed host nation Brazil on July 8 and the 3-0 loss to The Netherlands on July 12, the last thing Brazilians probably want to hear about is another big loss. This one to their pocketbooks. We know that it wasn’t …

By Haggai Matsiko & Flavia Nassaka Alarm over terror alerts, attacks on police, army installations July 3, 2014: The U.S Embassy issues terror alert: The U.S Embassy has received information from the Uganda Police Force (UPF) that according to intelligence sources there is a specific threat to attack Entebbe International …

By Flavia Nassaka How Kampalans are turning urban agriculture into a source of income and good nutrition Her compound is a collection of numerous containers; bottles, tyres, vases, just name it. That is the ‘land’ on which Harriet Nakabale grows her crops. “I grew up knowing that every woman must …

By Haggai Matsiko How close links to Mbabazi  cost Chinese US$3bn deal When Uganda’s Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi visited China in June last year, he met with Wang Yilin, the chairman of China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC).   At the time, The Independent heard from sources that the two discussed …

Kawanda researchers refute allegation of using Ugandans as guinea pigs Ever since news broke in mid-June that Australian and Ugandan researchers had genetically engineered the so-called `superbanana’, claims have been aired that the enriched banana is nothing new and that Ugandans have been consuming it for a long time. Most …

By Joseph were From American protégé to near pariah When former President Idi Amin Dada died in August 2003, an American professor, Dr Ralph Nurnberger, published an article in The magazine of International Economic Policy under the title; “Why Sanctions (Almost)Never Work”. Dr Nurnberger, who is an expert on foreign …

By Haggai Matsiko Army that beat Machar’s fighters faces an unceremonious exit A potholed runway ushers you into Juba International Airport—the most critical South Sudan government installation.  A small old stuffy building with dusty window panes and a dusty cracked cement floor, the terminal is manned by policemen who don …

By Julius Businge Business owners query new taxes on ICT, education, health, agriculture Francis Kamulegeya, the senior country partner for PriceWaterHouseCoopers in Uganda says “you cannot grow a sector without taxing it”. Kamulegeya’s view flips the common belief that “you cannot grow a sector without giving it incentives”. But Kamulegeya’s …

By Haggai Matsiko Is she the reason Uganda’s most expensive parliament cannot deliver? The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, continues notching good ratings in opinion polls and among commentators on public affairs. However, the same cannot be said of her House and its 385 legislators.  In a recent poll by …

By Patrick Kagenda Impact of international travel ban to Kenya on arrivals to Uganda being watched Uganda’s tourism sector is keenly looking out for spill-over effects of security advisories against non-essential travel to regional flagship destination Kenya.   Amos Wekesa, the Chairman of the Uganda Tour Operators Association, says Uganda has …