OPINION: By Cissy Kagaba In a bizarre move, as reported in the media, Parliament is proposing to gag media. Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga’s move seems to be part of a well-scripted plan to determine what is published by the media. Her demand to investigate journalists for what she perceives as …
Read More »AB Inbev-SABMiller to vote to create biggest beer company in the world
Brussels, Belgium | AFP | Shareholders of brewing giants Anheuser-Busch InBev and rival SABMiller will vote on Wednesday on a blockbuster merger that would create the biggest beer company in the world. Belgium-based AB InBev, the brewer of Budweiser and Stella Artois, is already the world’s top brewer and the …
Read More »VIDEO: Kayihura cites fraud in Police Housing Project
Inspector General of Police General Kale Kayihura has questioned the figures quoted by technocrats in a police housing scheme launched in Kampala. General Kayihura raised the red flag during the commissioning of the construction of 1000 housing units for Police Officers at the Naguru barracks. The project is under the Public/Private …
Read More »Can Africa’s mobile money revolution reduce poverty?
Dakar, Senegal | AFP | When farmer Isaac Tondo fell on lean times in Liberia’s long rainy season, his brother in the capital sent 8,000 Liberian dollars (US$87) to his Lonestar mobile money account, ensuring his children’s school fees would still be paid. Across Africa more and more people — …
Read More »VIDEO: ‘NO authority status for National Water and Sewerage Corporation’
VIDEO: Legislators on the Natural Resources committee of Parliament have vowed to block the government proposal to elevate National Water and Sewerage Corporation to an Authority status, saying such a move would antagonize the well laid out corporation. Officials from the National Water and Sewerage Corporation revealed they needed a Shs180billion boost …
Read More »Allardyce exit leaves England a laughing stock yet again
London, United Kingdom | AFP | As Sam Allardyce beat a shame-faced retreat from Wembley after being forced out as England manager, his place as a punchline in the national team’s ever-expanding hall of shame was already etched in stone. Allardyce had coveted the England post for decades and proudly …
Read More »Plans for free internet in Kampala and Entebbe on track
Internet users around Kampala and Entebbe will save money on buying data as government introduces free Internet starting next month. Leonah Mbonimpa, the corporate communication officer at the National Information Technology Authority–Uganda (NITA-U’s) said the free-Wi-Fi will be available for users from 6pm to 6am on weekdays and on weekends – Saturday starting …
Read More »Uganda in Pot 4 of Africa Cup of Nations draw
Seeds Pot 1: Gabon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria Pot 2: Tunisia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo Pot 3: Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco, Egypt Pot 4: Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Guinea Bissau Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Title-holders Ivory Coast, hosts Gabon and former champions Algeria and Ghana were named …
Read More »Clinton leads 1-0 after debate – but no game-changer
Washington, United States | AFP | Hillary Clinton was calm, cool, well-prepared and — pundits say — victorious in the first presidential debate against Donald Trump, but her strong showing may have little impact on polls showing them in a dead heat. Both campaigns cried victory Tuesday after the sometimes …
Read More »Israeli ex-president Shimon Peres dies at 93
Jerusalem, Undefined | AFP | Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, his personal doctor told AFP, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke. The 93-year-old died at around 3:00 am (0000 GMT), Rafi Walden, who is also Peres’s son-in-law, told AFP. He did …
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