Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” It is good to pray for opportunities. If you are lazy, you won’t exploit them. And as the saying goes, good luck is when preparedness meets opportunity. The key word is preparedness. You must be ready all the time. Otherwise, you won’t recognize any opportunity. Wish you every opportunity you have prepared for in 2014 and beyond. © Mustapha B Mugisa, CFE. All rights reserved.

The proliferation of fraudsters into the health sector is a cause for concern. All of us, at one time, must visit that dreaded place: the hospital. It is so puzzling that our forefathers lived up to their 90th anniversary and beyond without doing regular medical checks or getting timely treatments. How did they do it? Is it that the doctors of the past were genuine professionals? Why are people of today, financially independent with great medical insurance and attendant quality health care services having serious medical conditions? Those were some of the questions in Alice’s (another name withheld) mind as…

Are you a business person based in Northern Uganda? Do you want to take your business to the next level? Don’t miss this year’s MTN Business Training at Bomah Hotel, Gulu on 20th November 2013 starting at 7:30 am. The topics for the day have been carefully selected to ensure participants gain practical insights to grow their business. The topics include (i) understanding internal controls; (ii) working capital management; (iii) business planning; (iv) interpretation of bank statements; and (v) basic knowledge of taxation. You will also learn about how to use the Internet to grow your business, during a presentation…