By: Andrew S. Kaggwa Financial technology experts from 40 African countries are converging this month in, Lagos, the commercial city of Nigeria, to share their innovations, rethink their current models and gain valuable market insight of the African digital financial services market. Stone Atwine, the Ugandan CEO and founder of …
Read More »VIDEO: MPs react to Mayanja Nkangi’s death
VIDEO: Members of Parliament, regardless of their political affiliation, have described former Justice and Constitutional Affairs and Finance minister Joash Mayanja Nkangi as a corrupt free politician whose acts should be emulated by the current leaders.The legislators also described the former Buganda Katikiiro, who died yesterday, as a person who persisted …
Read More »VIDEO: Buganda Mourns Mayanja Nkangi
VIDEO: Buganda Kingdom is mourning the death of its former Katikiro Joash Mayanja Nkangi who passed on this morning. In a message, the Katikiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga described Nkangi as a key pillar during Mutesa II’s reign and one who stood firm to protect the kingdom during the times …
Read More »VIDEO: The life of Mayanja Nkangi
VIDEO: He held together what remained of Buganda kingdom soon after it was abolished during the reign of the Obote and Amin. But even as his candle burned out at the age of 86, he lived a happy man having served his kingdom and his country in various capacities. Our reporter Mable Twegumye Zake talked …
Read More »Court orders Uganda’s NBS to pay sh260m damages to Terry Kahuma
The High Court in Kampala has ordered the Uganda National Bureau of Standards to pay its former Executive Director Terry Kahuma sh260 million as damages for wrongful dismissal. Justice Lydia Mugambe also ordered UNBS to pay him costs, basing on the senior position Kahuma held for 10 years, on top of …
Read More »Byabashaija apologises to Jinja Magistrate over transfer of Kasese suspects
The Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons Johnson Byabashaija has apologised to Jinja Court chief magistrate Francis Kaggwa for failing to comply with his earlier court order to transfer sickly and elderly suspects in the Kasese killings from Kirinya to Luzira prison. Byabashaija’s apology was presented to court by his assistants, …
Read More »Mental illness rising
New WHO report shows Uganda among hardest hit countries in the world Many Ugandans do not know about mental illness – they only know “madness”. They use the word to describe someone who is possibly running wild, throwing stones, attacking people, or engaging in some bizarre and scary activity. But …
Read More »Kadaga challenges parents on lunch for children
Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has appealed to parents to provide lunch to children in order for them to concentrate and excel in school. “If a child is hungry, he or she will be thinking about other things like mangoes and will not concentrate in class. Parents, please give …
Read More »High expectations in coffee sector
Good prices, increasing production excite UCDA A coffee replanting initiative, which started nearly five years ago, is expected to boost the country’s crop volumes starting this year. “We are seeing an increase in the coffee export volumes this year as the crops we started planting more than three years ago …
Read More »Sudan rebels free 125 prisoners after Uganda mediation
Sudan rebels free 125 prisoners captured in fighting Entebbe, Uganda | AFP | Sudanese rebels on Sunday released at least 125 prisoners they had captured in fighting with government forces, most of them soldiers, an AFP journalist said. Their release was secured thanks to mediation from Uganda, while the International …
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