COVER STORY: IGP Kayihura in trouble over brutality How unrelenting police brutality has increasingly put Gen. Kale Kayihura’s job as Police chief on the line with Parliament, security officers and the general public putting President Museveni’s trusted lieutenant in the line of fire. LAST WORD: Uganda’s much discussed bail-out …
Read More »DRC’s Kabila in Uganda for meeting with Museveni
Joseph Kabila is in Uganda today for a summit with President Yoweri Museveni, government spokesman Ofwono Opondo has confirmed. The meeting, that is expected to have security in the region on the agenda, is being held at Mweya Safari Lodge in western Uganda. While no details have been provided, the …
Read More »Need some insurance? No thanks
Last month, Benon Oluka, a journalist with The Observer newspaper, penned an article to narrate his experience with Insurance Company of East Africa (ICEA), an insurance company, which had refused to compensate him as a third party after he was injured in a nasty accident in Kibaale District last year. …
Read More »Ivory Coast seeks protected status for staple cassava dish
Abidjan, Ivory Coast | AFP | France has done it with Champagne, Italy with Parma ham and Japan with Kobe beef; now Ivory Coast wants to protect the status of one of its most popular foods. Attieke — pronounced atchekay — is a side dish made from fermented ground cassava. …
Read More »JOBS: Director regional integration and trade – Addis Ababa
Job Opening Posting Title: Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division Job Code Title: CHIEF OF SERVICE, ECONOMIC AFFAIRS Department/Office: ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Duty Station: ADDIS ABABA Posting Period: 28 July 2016 – 25 September 2016 Job Opening Number: 64582 Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »VIDEO: Public, activists contest proposed Land Law amendments
NBS: Lands minister Betty Amongin has cleared the air on the proposal to amend the Land Acquisition Act, of 1965 which was mooted in the recently concluded Cabinet retreat in Kyankwanzi. Minister Amongin says that under the amendment, government will have the powers to compulsorily acquire land from the owner …
Read More »VIDEO: Public universities strike, Finance Ministry calls for calm
NBS: A solution to the ongoing strike by the non teaching staff at public universities is not coming soon with government saying the worker’s arrears are not ready due to limited finances within the Treasury. The ministry of Finance spokesperson Jim Mugunga says while the president’s pledge of 28.5 billion …
Read More »Digital firms and electricity rates
COMMENT: David Birungi Why should the leaders of the digital revolution suffer over Uganda’s electricity demand growth rigidities? At the recently concluded Daily Monitor Thought Leader’s Forum themed around the global `Digital Revolution’, I was amazed by the revolution of HelloFood, an Online Food delivery business. According to the CEO …
Read More »VIDEO: NBS to partner with Etihad Airways on tourism, trade
NBS: Etihad Airways in Uganda and NBS Television are targeting a partnership to support business and tourism between Uganda and Middle East, especially Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. This was part of the discussion held between officials of the two companies, as a team from Etihad Airways visited …
Read More »Uganda pension assets up 25%
Pension sector assets topped Shs 6.5 trillion in 2015, a new report by the Uganda Retirements Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) has shown. URBRA CEO David Nyakundi told journalists that the increase in the assets was attributed to the improving quality of governance in both public and private schemes in the …
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