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Innocent Kawooya, a Ugandan financial inclusion expert , also CEO of HiPipo (U) Limited was among the key speakers at the 2019 FinTech Connect Conference held at ExCeL London on 2nd and 3rd December. FinTech Connect is where large teams from major financial institutions go to make informed buying decisions on the latest innovations on the market, and where FinTechs come to accelerate dialogues with digital buyers with responsibility across digital transformation, payments, financial security, RegTech and Blockchain. It is UK’s largest FinTech conference and expo. The 2019 edition brought together more than 6,000 financial and tech leaders from across…
Police has dismissed as fake reports of an alleged shooting incident along the Entebbe express High way last night. This followed Social media reports of alleging that Boston doctor together with his family were shot dead last evening along the Express high way. However, the Kampala Metropolitan deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says there was no shooting along the highway adding that they only registered a hit and run car accident case. Owoyesigyire says the fatal accident involved three motor vehicles. He says no death was registered as all occupants of the vehicles escaped with minor injuries and are currently…
Brig Gen Michael Kabango has handed over command and control of the Uganda Contingent in Somalia to newly appointed Contingent Commander Brig Gen Richard Otto. The colourful ceremony was presided over by the Commander Land Forces (CLF) Lt Gen Peter Elwelu who lauded Brig Gen Kabango for his outstanding service and achievements in one year. “Thank you for making UPDF (Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces) proud and raising the Uganda flag high,” said General Elwelu. The CLF congratulated Brig Gen Otto upon his new appointment. He noted that the UPDF appointed him because of his experience and pledged to support him.…
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Monday rejected calls from some of his supporters to extend his rule beyond the constitutional limit of two, five-year terms, bucking a trend in the region. Several leaders including Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame and Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza have all tinkered with or defied their constitutions to extend their rule. “It’s impossible. I will respect the constitution,” Magufuli told a public rally in the coastal Tanzanian town of Tanga after a member of parliament from the ruling CCM party called for an extension of his rule to at…
Greetings to all of you Ugandans. On New Year’s Day I will make a broadcast where I will give a detailed report of whatever is happening. However, for today I wanted to salute the Electoral Commission for registering voters and also for extending the registration time because a number of them had not registered. As you know very well, part of the problem of Uganda was the mismanagement of democracy. We had elections in 1961 and 1962 but they were badly organised. There were so many mistakes, many of them deliberate. I have had occasion to enumerate those, I do not want to repeat…
Singer Eddy Kenzo has decided not to end the year in the same style. The singer who just enjoyed Pia Pound’s warm hugs at the ASFAs, has now decided to secure a monster ride to shade off the bad love memories. According to the president of the love Nigga Arena stated that he has been through a lot this year therefore he decided to spoil himself with new wheels. See the Pictures of the New Land Cruiser V8.
Only after three years since its establishment of the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation, Uganda elected Chair of the AU Committee on Education, Science and Technology. This implies Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye now chairs Ministers of Education, Science & Technology on the African Continent. The Ugandan Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation has been recognized by its peers by electing Uganda to chair the Specialized Technical Committee on Education, Science and Technology (STC-EST) of the African Union for the next two years. This was at the 3rd Session of the STC-EST held at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia…
The Director HRD, AIGP Golooba Godfrey closes the 1st phase of training for PPCs and L/AIPs. The ceremony was marked by inspection and general assessment on hygiene & sanitation, drills & parade, Skill at Arms and Martial Arts. This took place on 17th December 2019.
As the world steams up for Christmas, several politicians have been gone against odds to prove their wallet muscle. The battle first started with Bukedea lawmaker who appeared with a sack of money that was allegedly aimed to help her campaign for the Head of State ahead of the looming 2021 election. The second in the line has become the soft-spoken Bufumbira North Member of Parliament in Kisoro Hon John Nizeyimana Kamara, parades cash before electorates. This comes a week to the festive season where a move that put a smile on the faces of the electorates.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday held a meeting with the leaders of sugarcane outgrowers in Busoga sub-region, district chairpersons and NRM district leaders at Jinja State Lodge. This happened along with a press conference attended by the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon Rebecca Kadaga and our party’s Secretary General, Hon Justine Lumumba. Speaking to the farmers, Museveni noted that Leaders are like doctors, citing that they should correctly diagnose what ails society and make the right prescription to cure those maladies, basically be causing socio-economic transformation of their people. He added that For Busoga sub-region, the recent pressing issue has…