REUTERS–Traffic will soar above the muddy swamp between Uganda’s capital and its international airport when a new Chinese-built highway opens in a few months time, but the road itself is…
When giant telecoms engage in internet data wars, the old saying that when two elephants fight, the grass suffers does not apply. Not even close, for in this case, the…
The East African region had 62.46 million internet users by the end of 2017, a latest report has revealed. The report, “Digital in 2017: A study of Internet, Social Media…
It’s one thing to name your operation or business ‘smart’ but another altogether to live it. For the proprietors of Smart Telecom, everything was smart about their operations until something…
A Shs3.6 billion loan recovery-gone-bad will set Barclays Bank back by further billions of shillings unless the appeals court overturns aHigh Court order that awaits execution. Before the appeals court,…
Mowzey Radio, the singer with a million dollar musical voice, is dead. Radio, who has been battling for his life at Case Clinic on Bombo Road in Kampala since being…
Is Chibuku a beer or local brew? To Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), there cannot be any other explanation for the drink not being a beer. The manufacturers must pay excise…
Dr Specioza Wandira Kazibwe prayed for Shs600 million. Judge Stephen Musota awarded her Shs200 million. Andrew Mwenda will pay. And the Independent magazine must delete all ‘libelous’ articles about Dr…
Telecom giants MTN has fulfilled a Shs1 billion pledge it made, last year, toward the support of Uganda government’s effort to cope with increasing refugee influx in the country. The…
There has been a lull in the so-called ‘Kisanja Hakuna Mchezo’, a slogan that President Museveni and his government adopted to claim a tougher stance against corruption as well as…