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MTN announced on Friday (December 4, 2020) that it has completed a comprehensive review of the Group strategy with a focus on accelerating growth, deleveraging the holding company debt and unlocking value. The revised strategy will be presented in more details following the release of MTN’s 2020 full-year results in March 2021. To support the Group’s strategy execution, MTN Group announced the appointment of a new Group Chief Financial officer (GCFO), Tsholofelo Molefe. As well as changes to the Company’s regional structure and the Group Exco. Tsholofelo, 51 will take up the position as soon as practically possible in 2021,…
What an amazing win! Uganda’s betting history has been rewritten after hitting the highest win ever on a single ticket no. 3033712614769999, UGX 1 billion. You may have seen very big bet winners but none of them is a match to this breathtaking 1billion bang. This win now whitewashes Uganda’s top five wins; 632,000,000/=, 500,000,000/=, 424,889,280/=, 408,980,448/= and 308,491,744/= that had stood in positions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. Most interestingly, all these top six winners won with Fortebet. His bets were on 1 (home wins), 2 (away wins), both teams to score-Yes and X2 (away team to…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has emphasized that the only way for Ugandans to become rich is through engaging in commercial production and then supporting the East African integration to be able to widen the market for their produce. Museveni, who is also the NRM presidential flag bearer who was accompanied by the First Lady, Janet Museveni received a heroes’ welcome from party supporters as he held scientific meetings in Ankole sub-region with party leaders from Bushenyi, Rubirizi, Sheema, Mitooma and Buhweju districts that make up Greater Bushenyi. “You need to ask people to start working for both their stomachs and…
Besides Peace and Security, one of the greatest achievement of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) is infrastructure development. Mbarara has many roads tarmacked and others undergoing construction and upgrade. Mbarara-Kikagati road is one such road completed in 2011, connecting Mbarara to Kikagati-Isingiro. Currently,the district has a road network of 3,596km of which 507 are district feeder roads and 3,117 are sub-county community access roads. A total of 139.5km of district feeder roads are in good condition while 365km of district roads are under routine manual (labour-based) maintenance by road gangs. There are 142km are under mechanized routine maintenance. Within…
National Resistance Movement party presidential candidate, Yoweri Kaguta Museven, has today campaigned in Mbarara City, Ankole sub-region for his scientific campaigns. Museveni addressed a select team of NRM leaders and flag bearers from Mbarara to ask them to mobilize support for him ahead of January 2021 polls. Mbarara City which boasts of multiple achievements under NRM government voted NRM with over 80% in the previous presidential elections. The president highlight the key achievements the NRM has registered and other development strategies for the area he intends to achieve once re-elected. Road infrastructure Mbarara has many roads tarmacked and others undergoing…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has this morning continued strengthening Uganda’s ties with other countries. This meeting happened at the Jinja State Lodge. “I met the UK special envoy delegation and the US special representative delegation at Jinja State Lodge, we discussed issues of bilateral interest.” Museveni said. This meeting happened ahead of the Presidents Campaign meeting in Mbarara where he held massive leaders from Ankole Sub-region.
The NRM presidential flag bearer Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today has been at Boma Grounds in grounds in Mbarara City. This is where he addressed NRM leaders and flag bearers from the districts of Isingiro, Kazo, Kiruhura, Ibanda, Mbarara and Mbarara City. He held engagements with the people of Ankole sub-region where he highlighted key achievements the NRM has registered and other development strategies for the area, a move that excited leaders who later busted into enormous dance moves.
Electricity sector players have unveiled an umbrella body that will bring all of them together for the greater good. The Energy Generators and Distributors Association of Uganda (EGADAU) was launched today by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Dr Gorreti Kitutu. The association will promote best practice and develop sector relevant technical skills by supporting initiatives of the regulator and develop industry best practice with a view of developing a culture of compliance and clear practice guidelines. The association currently has 13 founding partner members and is expected to bring together the more than 40 energy players in the…
Singer Moses Ssali aka Bebe Cool has described presidential aspirant Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu as a masquerader both in Music and politics. This comments comes a day after the Kabulengane singer expressed his disappointment at the Electoral Commission for letting Bobi Wine carry on with rallies that are contrary to the COVID-19 guidelines yet politicians keep complaining about his processions while soliciting for NRM votes. He says EC is belittling President Museveni who is following SOPs by leaving Bobi Wine to hold grand processions and endanger the public. “It has hurt me so much that I spent a week at…
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) received a fresh campaign recharge from veteran politician Dr. Kiiza Besigye. The team dubbed as liberation campaign team today visited Rwashameire Village, Kajara County Ntungamo District to talk to villagers about liberation. Though Police tried to block the team from using a playground but people over powered Police and they prevailed. POA and President Kizza Besigye addressed the gathered crowd defiantly saying the struggle is about ending oppression. POA was given a bunches of matooke from this matooke growing area.