By David Kamukama Social media and subsequently print media have been awash with stories of a relationship involving His Grace Archbishop Emeritus Stanley Ntagali and another woman not being his wife. Many condemned the man of God, I beg to differ! Archbishop Ntagali fell victim to circumstances. All men/ human
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By Denis Jjuuko The new year usually brings a lot of positivity with many people making resolutions. Some of those who make resolutions end up achieving them. Last year was one to forget for many people with the unprecedented COVID-19 causing havoc not seen before in the modern era. However,
Read MoreRajiv’s Open Letter To Uganda’s Cabinet On Post COVID-19 Recovery & Why He Thinks Medical Marijuana, Labour Externalization Can Play A Significant Role
By Rajiv Ruparelia On January 2nd 2021, I turned 31 years of age. Since I started actively running the Ruparelia Group- a conglomerate of 28 companies, I usually use my birthday, which is just about the start of the new year to reflect on business opportunities for the Group in tandem
Read MoreBy Roux Wildenboer, Head: Agriculture at Absa Group The coronavirus has emphasised the importance of the agriculture sector in South Africa and across Africa because of its potential to support economic growth, create and sustain jobs and boost exports. At a time when most industries will be reducing employment, it is
Read MoreBoU: Economic Outlook Extremely Uncertain But Progress On COVID-19 Vaccines Gives Hope
BoU Governor Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile Risks to the economic outlook in the near term have brightened with the progress on the Covid-19 vaccines, signs of recovery in private demand and the additional boost to growth expected from fiscal policy, according to the Bank of Uganda Monetary Policy Report December 2020 “The
Read MoreA worker walks by containers at the main port in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa. [File, Marko Djurica, Reuters] African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. But experts view the New Year’s
Read MoreGov’t Should Pay Its Debts To The Private Sector, Have a Round Table With Banks
By Denis Jjuuko The politics and COVID-19 infections and deaths may be stealing the limelight at the moment but something else is happening in the country that is leading to heartaches. It is the economy. When you open the newspapers, you see businesses and individuals facing foreclosures. Roko, a famous
Read MoreInvestigators may never know how Covid-19 emerged in the country — and how to stop it from happening again. In the year since seafood hawkers started appearing at Wuhan’s hospitals sickened with a strange and debilitating pneumonia, the world has learned a lot about Covid-19, from the way it spreads to how
Read MoreBy Nicolas Malaki, Chief Investment Officer, Sanlam 2020 was quite eventful but I will try to move through the months as memory serves me. So we opened with global politics, US killing Iranian Gen Kassim Suleimani which caused oil prices shot from 50 to 80usd a barrel shortly after drones had hit
Read MoreBy Denis Jjuuko Twelve months ago, the world was full of optimism celebrating yet another end of the year. Many resolutions were made for 2020. Then the pandemic at a scale probably never seen before broke out. At first, it looked like it would be contained and won’t disrupt the
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