Tag Archives: Uganda

  THIS WEEK: When Mushega asked Museveni to retire  Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | On Aug.19, President Museveni attended a wedding reception of Maj. John Kazoora’s son and Amanya Mushega’s daughter in Kirekka,a Kampala Suburb. While there, Mushega who brought it in a rather jovial way asked the president to …

THIS WEEK: 800 pass LDC Pre-entry Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | An improvement in performance has been recorded after the Law Development Centre (LDC) released results of the 2017/2018 pre-entry examinations indicating 814 of the 1797 candidates who sat for the exam to have passed. This represented a pass rate …

THIS WEEK: Internal Affairs resumes issuing passports Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | Normal Operations in issuance of passports resumed at the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Aug.21 following months of book shortages. A Notice from the ministry indicated that they resumed by clearing backlog caused by low stock a process …

THIS WEEK: ULS boss advises government to drop amendments in land Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | Lawyers under their umbrella association Uganda Law Society (ULS) appeared before the lady justice Catherine Bamugemereire led land commission of inquiry on Aug.18. While there, the President Francis Gimara expressed reservations over the move …

THIS WEEK: Judges to be given a target of cases to handle a year Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | During the Court Open Day held in Fort Portal on Aug.21, Chief Justice Bart Katureebe said judges are to be given a target of cases to handle in a specified …

Equatorial Guinea gives President Museveni highest honour Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | PPU | SATURDAY | The people of Equatorial Guinea have presented the highest honour of their country, the Great Collar of Independence Award, to Uganda President Yoweri Museveni who is on a 4-day state visit to the Central African nation …

Col Ibrahim Abiriga is the MP for Arua Municipality who is popularly known as “yellow man”; a self-proclaimed diehard supporter of President Yoweri Museveni. He has been in the limelight for campaigning to lifting of the constitutional age limit of 75-years to allow Museveni to qualify to run again in …

Sudanese artist shows off transparent canvases at AKA gallery |Dominic Muwanguzi| Ahmed Abushariaa defines his paintings as a figurative interpretation of his Arabic background in Sudan and a metaphor of the everyday things and events that surround him. For metaphorical representation, Abushariaa paints abstract images of Arabic landscapes that include …

Uganda’s first public women’s hospital will soon open its doors. Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA| Sitting on 24,000 square meters of land on Mulago hill North of Kampala city, the 10 storey Mulago Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare Unit epitomises everything modern in a 21st century health service.  The facility being …

Tom Kiggundu is the Managing Director of Fotogenix Limited. He spoke to the Independent’s Agnes E Nantaba about changing trends in functional hire services industry. What are the key elements in your management style as a manager? Through personal observation over the years, I have come to the conclusion that …