Vipers 1 URA 1 Express 1 KCCA 1 Simba 2 The Saints 0 SC VU 1 Lweza 2 BUL 2 Maroons 0 Villa 3 BStars 0 Soana 2 Police 3 Sadolin 2 JMC 1 KCCA are the 2015/16 Azam Uganda Premier League (UPL) …
Read More »CRANES: Germany-based Lorenzen arrives
SV Werder Bremen striker Melvyn Lorenzen has arrived to join the Uganda Cranes camp that has started training for their penultimate African Cup of Nations qualifying match June 4 away against Botswana. He arrived at Entebbe Airport just after 1.30pm on Tuesday with his manager Manager Hankus Rainer aboard Emirates …
Read More »Kenya’s arrival growth curve in Q1 at 17% rise from last year
ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome Tourism arrivals for Kenya, since November last year, have been rising again after several years of constant downturn. The Kenya Tourism Board is targeting an annual arrival number of over 1.5 million visitors for 2016 – over 400.000 more than in 2015, and early …
Read More »Doctors cannot visit Besigye at Luzira Prison – Gov’t
The Uganda prisons services acknowledges to have stopped doctors of the embattled opposition leader retired col. Kiiza besigye from accessing him in Luzira after failure to comply with set guidelines. Share on:
Read More »MPs scramble for office space
Parliament has written to Political Parties with parliamentary representation to convince their members to accept sharing the available office space. The August House is currently grappling with allocating the over 420 legislators office space, with every office expected to accommodate at least three legislators. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Informal tax evaders
80% of economy is informal, only 20% of businesses pay taxes Unlike the others that came before it, this year’s Open Minds Forum was a heated and impassioned event. Held under the theme: “Informal sector; an invisible force with visible impact,” the May 05 public forum in Kampala, organised by …
Read More »FUFA: Radio Sales people wanted
102.1 FUFA FM is recruiting sales people with at least 1 years’ experience in Radio Sales. Can you do sales and marketing for a fast growing luganda/english sports station? Bring your application and CV to FUFA HOUSE MENGO P.O. Box 22518, Kampala (UG). Address it to The Administrator, 102.1 FUFA …
Read More »Besigye’s Imprisonment Helps more than Hurts the Opposition
OPINION: Besigye has been detained at Luzira Maximum Prison on charges of treason. A huge sect in the opposition feels dejected and beaten, that the heart of their passion has been plugged out and thrown into a Prison cell. For many in the opposition, it is as good as dead …
Read More »PRISONS: 149 officers promoted
Uganda Prisons Commissioner General Dr Johnson Byabashaija has today announced 149 promotions of prisons officers by President Museveni. Promotions to the ranks of Director of Prisons and Commissioner of Prisons take effect from May 12 2016 while promotion to the ranks of Assistant Commissioner of Prisons, Senior Superintendent of Prisons, …
Read More »Maj. Gen. Muhoozi one rank away
Sometime before 2008, President Yoweri Museveni told the military High Command that then Libyan leader, Col. Muammar Gadhafi was complaining that he, Museveni, was sitting on the son’s promotions. Museveni was referring Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who May.16 was promoted to the third highest military rank of Major General, sparking fresh claims …
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